by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 21, 2020 | Marriage, Widowhood and Grief
Not long ago, I was in a discussion group of singles, but there happened to be one young married couple in the mix. Having been widowed for a couple of years now, I love to watch how husbands and wives interact. Their behaviors are slight, yet they speak a thousand...
by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 24, 2020 | Spiritual Growth
“Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood . . . the people that you meet each day.” Those familiar lyrics from the song by Sesame Street’s Ernie played along in my head every morning as my son and I took our thirty-minute walk up and down the streets of our...
by Sabrina McDonald | Dec 13, 2016 | Stepfamily, Widowhood and Grief
My stepson Will and daughter-in-law, Kirsten, were driving in from Dallas to stay at our house over Christmas for several days. Even though Robbie and I had been married for a couple of years, this was their first visit during the holidays. I knew it was going to be...
by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 24, 2020 | Marriage
I’ll never forget the first time my husband accused me of being a nag. To hear that word come out of his mouth was upsetting, even disturbing. In my newlywed mind, I thought I would never end up like that … and so soon after our wedding, too! I don’t want to nag; I...
by Sabrina McDonald | Sep 21, 2020 | Widowhood and Grief
When my husband, David, died in a terrible car accident in 2010, I grew close to my mother-in-law, Joy, who shared my grief, not only for her son, but for her own husband, who had died 30 years prior. Our stories mirrored each other—both widowed in our 30s, having...
