Grief Dialogues: Out of Grief Comes Art Podcast Series

Florrie Munat, formerly an English teacher, a reference librarian, and Young Adult book reviewer, describes the six years as her husband’s caretaker as he struggle with dementia in her new book Be Brave: A Wife’s Journey Through Caregiving.

Today on our podcast we asked Florrie more about this journey of love. The chapter titled “The Power of Love” offers a glimpse of Florrie’s ability to help us understand the complicated jumble of heartache and letting go.

Have you ever seen Vogue–The Widow’s Edition?  Have you heard of the latest Stella McCartney collection–for Widows?  No?  Neither had Kate Ruffing when she found herself a young widow at age 38 she decided to set a new trend–one her deceased husband would approve.

It wasn’t suppose to be this way. The vows said ‘til death do us part but that was not for years, decades, a 50^th anniversary party.  Listen to Kate Ruffing as she describes how, after 4 years of trying everything she could - rehab centers, detox wards, countless emergency room visits, interventions and therapists–she knew that soon death would indeed part the young couple.

Kate Ruffing, a widow of not quite two years, as she describes what it feels like to be a young widow.  It's nothing like you expect it to be.