Living is a whole new adventure when you suddenly find yourself alone, widowed and the mother of four young boys a lot like their Dad.

Decades
Janae Janae Thompson Janae Janae Thompson

Decades

I’ve completed another one. That last time I did that, I turned 30.   I loved turning 30 and was not afraid to say good bye to my 20’s.  Being 30, I felt like I was finally credible. Now that I’m 40, I feel even more credible.  

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Home
Janae Janae Thompson Janae Janae Thompson

Home

There is a place that is home. For some it’s the people they are with, for others, the place they live, and for still others it could be a feeling inside. For me, it’s all of those. Jayce had all his art brought home at the end of preschool. This one I found touched me.

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Do I still love Grant?
Janae Janae Thompson Janae Janae Thompson

Do I still love Grant?

Do Still love Grant?  That’s easy, no.  I don’t.  I sure don’t feel it anyway. Part of that is out of sight out of mind and that is exacerbated by him dying the way he did. Part of it is me wanting to punish him for it by forgetting him because I felt he forgot about me by leaving me the way he did. I feel like he abandoned his boys. 

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