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Crystle was the love of his life. For thirty-six years they had done everything together. As retirement approached all he could think of was spending even more time with his beautiful wife, growing old together. Just three years earlier they had sold their home in the Toronto area and moved to Niagara in preparation for retirement. Then on her 58th birthday, Crystle was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer. A terminal diagnosis that Glenn never allowed himself to accept. But just eight months later she had succumbed to her illness and Glenn was thrust into a time filled with uncontrolled grief that seemed to almost suffocate him. This is his real life story. He shares the raw emotions and the dark places he visited in his mind. His story will make you laugh and cry. It will makes you cherish your loved ones. You will be uplifted as you follow his path in overcoming grief. His inspirational story will provide comfort and hope to others struggling with grief.

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By the end of the week, each day had come and gone in much the same manner. I was not eating well. I was not getting out of the house unless absolutely necessary. I realized that I had to make changes, or I would be stuck in grief forever.

“Little goals,” I wrote in my journal on that first Friday. I needed to establish a routine and set goals for each day.

The goals for each day were few and simple. On that first Friday I had three goals: clean the upstairs bathroom, vacuum upstairs, wash the sheets on my bed. I still have the paper on which I had written that first list, with the check marks beside each task as it was completed. It seems simple but creating and achieving those three tasks that day was a big step forward, as if I had begun a plan to get through the forest instead of just walking aimlessly.

Exercise was the next routine I established. I had ballooned up to the heaviest I had ever weighed. I knew that I needed to lose that weight, and I also needed to be in better physical shape. At first, I determined I was going to run or walk 5 km per day on the treadmill. I absolutely forced myself to do this and it always felt great when I was finished. Gradually, that changed to lifting weights every second day and running a few times each day on the treadmill. Treadmill sessions became shorter and more frequent. I lost thirty pounds on a slow and steady pace over the first year.

I started eating better. Again, routine was my friend. Crystle loved boiled eggs for breakfast so I began to eat two boiled eggs almost every day, occasionally changing it up for an omelet or some other preparation of eggs. Eating eggs for breakfast reminded me of her and I felt good. I love to cook, but in those first weeks I had lost all interest. I forced myself to make good meals and to make new and creative dishes. When I did, I found joy again in cooking. There are many days when I keep it simple now, but that is more a factor of convenience when cooking for one. I make sure I eat healthy and I enjoy being in the kitchen again. Unlike exercise, which I still have to force myself to do, cooking brought a measure of joy back into my life.

About the Author:

I grew up in Canada’s east coast and moved to Toronto in my late teens. I was ready to sow my wild oats in the big city. But I met Crystle on a blind date and everything changed. I knew she was the love of my life. I have a business degree from the University of New Brunswick and I have worked in the information technology sector much of my working career. That hardly is credentials for an author, but life makes us all experts, even in areas we may prefer not to hold that title. When Crystle passed my life was forever changed. My grief was so overwhelming I felt I needed to share my story and if even one person is inspired to defeat grief then my writing career will be a success.

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