Monthly Archives: January 2024

Racing in Racine

Posted on January 27, 2024 by Christopher Cudworth

A few weeks into our dating, Sue was scheduled to do the Half-Ironman 70.3 race in Racine, Wisconsin. Having just gotten to know her by that point, and eager to deepen our relationship, I decided to drive up early Saturday … Continue reading →

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Carry on

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Christopher Cudworth

After several years straight of focusing all efforts on maintaining my late wife’s health through cancer treatments, and stumbling through financially, I had some catching up to do on my own health in 2013. The previous year ended with a … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Avatar

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Christopher Cudworth

Perusing the profiles on the FitnessSingles dating app in the early summer of 2013, I observed that there were plenty of active women out there in the world, but not so many close to home in Batavia, Illinois. I signed … Continue reading →

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Dating as a widower

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Christopher Cudworth

The term “widower” seems so loaded with tradition and history, it deserves a definition right here and now. I looked it up and this is what it says: If anything I was a garden widower before my late wife Linda … Continue reading →

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Grief and choices

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Christopher Cudworth

At times I’ve considered whether I’m “missing a chip” when it comes to grieving lost loved ones. Over the years I’ve met people, both men and women, that can’t recover after losing a spouse. Time magazine dealt with the subject … Continue reading →

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The unexplainable

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Christopher Cudworth

In the wake of my wife’s passing, my children still had obligations to meet. My son was in a job out in New York. My daughter had a semester to finish at Augustana College. Yet all of time seems to … Continue reading →

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Beyond the pain

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Christopher Cudworth

Following the passage of my late wife in March of 2013, we conducted a Memorial Service. The people in attendance ranged from all walks of our life. Along with my son and daughter there were other family, longtime friends and … Continue reading →

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How time slips away, but not with 4WD

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Christopher Cudworth

Well, hello thereMy, it’s been a long, long timeHow am I doing?Oh, I guess that I’m doing fine It’s been so long nowBut it seems now, that it was only yesterdayGee, ain’t it funny, how time slips away =Willie Nelson … Continue reading →

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