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Two Years After My Husband Died, I Finally Dared to Sort Through His Stuff in the Garage — What I Found Changed My Life

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Two years after her husband’s death, Barbara is finally faced with the daunting task of sorting through his garage. Among old mementos, she discovers a hidden safe and a secret that will change her life. As she pieces together her husband’s past, Barbara must decide if she is ready to open her heart to the unexpected.

Grief is a strange and unwelcome guest. It bursts in, settles into your chest, and refuses to leave.

For two years, grief kept me away from the garage, the last intact monument to my husband, Mark. Sixteen years together, sixteen years of laughter, arguments, adventures, and quiet moments.

Des fleurs sur une pierre tombale | Source : Midjourney

Flowers on a Gravestone | Source: Midjourney

Sixteen years without children because I couldn’t have any. Adoption had been a dream we wanted to make come true, but life always seemed to find ways to push it back.

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