Season 5 Ep. 8: “The Ache that Makes Us Human,” Guest, Erica Cheatham

            In the United States, there are more than 3 million women widowed! But, of that number, only 12% are under the age of 50. Let that sink in for a minute. That means that 360,000 women in the U.S. are widowed before they ever hit 50 years old. You know what else it means? It means 3 million of us loved and loved fearlessly! When your partner dies, you ache- you ache because you loved them. It means you are human.

It might sound like a depressing number, but the reality is, there are more of us out there than we know. We are not alone.

Our guest today, Erica Jane Cheatham-Ormeno, knows this all to well. But the way she has approached grieving, and how she is handling being single is a viewpoint I think we can all learn from.

Brain cancer strikes again. Erica talks about how this grueling disease took her husband’s life. The busy mom faced grief head on and she shares her journey with us.

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