{"id":55575,"date":"2023-08-05T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T00:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=55575"},"modified":"2023-08-05T00:01:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T00:01:38","slug":"kathy-anne-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=55575","title":{"rendered":"Declaring ‘victory’ … of a sort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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HOT SPRINGS, Ark.<\/strong> — I should not declare victory prematurely, as there are more hurdles to overcome, more significant dates that lie ahead.<\/p>\n

That said, I want to issue a cautious note of confidence as my latest mind-clearing, heart-mending sojourn is about to conclude.<\/p>\n

I ventured back east to get away from the house I shared with my late bride, Kathy Anne. I had my share of spells visiting family and friends. I have written about them already. Fifty-two years of togetherness with my dream girl aren’t going to be diminished any time soon.<\/p>\n

However, I appear to have cleared my head sufficiently to go through a few whole days without welling up. That is a positive development … don’t you think?<\/p>\n

My heart? That’s another matter. It remains seriously damaged from the event that occurred on Feb. 3, when I lost my bride to a savage form of brain cancer. I accept that my heart will remain permanently damaged. I hear from friends and acquaintances who have lost the loves of their lives that they, too, sob without warning. I won’t bore you with reports on when that happens to me.<\/p>\n

Just know — if you have been following this journey through the dark fog — that I am seeing the light.<\/p>\n

I will return to my North Texas house sometime tomorrow. I’ll walk into the living room and will see evidence of Kathy Anne where I left it two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

I don’t expect to cry, which — if I am able to finish this journey with dry eyes — might enable me to declare a form of victory.<\/p>\n

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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — I should not declare victory prematurely, as there are more hurdles to overcome, more significant dates that lie ahead. That said, I want to issue a cautious note of confidence as my latest mind-clearing, heart-mending sojourn is about to conclude. I ventured back east to get away from the house I … Continue reading Declaring ‘victory’ … of a sort<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6688,10124,10129],"class_list":["post-55575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-grief","tag-kathy-anne","tag-mourning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55576,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55575\/revisions\/55576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}