'Til Death Do Us Part: A Woman's Journey Through the 5 Stages of Widowhood and Life After

I filled out the medical form until I reached 'Marital Status.' I stopped. For the first time, I checked the dreaded box: WIDOWED.After 51 years of marriage, Sandie Fuenty's husband Jim, a Vietnam Veteran, completed the final battle of a war he brought home and fought until his death on November 5, 2022.After Jim's death, grief didn't arrive in a straight line. It came in waves, paperwork, quiet rooms, and sudden anger, including the moment she had to check a box she never imagined choosing: Widow.With hard-won honesty and practical clarity, Sandie names what many widows feel but rarely say out loud, and introduces the Five Stages of Widowhood that carried her forward: Relief, Guilt, Numbness, Letting Go, and Rebuilding.Part memoir, part survival guide, this book offers companionship for the emotional rollercoaster, language for the complicated moments, and a reminder that rebuilding does not erase love, it simply makes room for life again.