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Hi, I'm Val from central Iowa.

My husband, Robb, passed in Feb of 2021, so 5 years coming up. My oldest son and his family live with me and I have the pleasure of experiencing the tantrums of my 2 year old granddaughter! As well as the love, hugs, kisses and new name of Gah. {She'll get there!) My 13 year old grandson lives here too and his tantrums are slightly different, more teenage-ish. sigh.

Thankfully, I can say, OOH! I need to be upstairs. Here are your kids!

I work as a telecommuting computer programmer and have for the last 20 years.

I have two daughters and they and their loves live close enough to have either coffee with me a few mornings a week or lunch on Sundays after church.

My hobbies are canning, dreaming up things to sew, procrastinating sewing, binge watching shows and scrolling on my phone. Oh and I'm learning Italian for an upcoming cruise with a couple of my sisters. Not that I'll really need it, but it'll be fun to talk about my brother-in-law in front of him without him knowing what we're talking about.

I have kept all my husband's clothes and last year for Christmas, made rag quilts for each of the kids from his t-shirts. Eventually, I'll make more wearable and practical things for me and the family from them too. I wear his sweatshirts all the time when the weather turns and if I'm feeling up to it, I walk the 3/4 miles to his stone at the cemetery for a talk or cry.

I started a local widows fb group and at least 5 of us meet up for events once a month. Even though there are about 30 in the group, only about 5 of us (the core) are able to meet up maybe once a month if we can.