Celebrate as loud as you cried!
In 2022, I attended a women's conference where a speaker shared her struggle with feeling guilty for finding happiness and joy after her...
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Ericalynn Cotton
May 1, 20233 min
Young, Widowed and Dating Pt 2
One thing that I ask myself in every dating scenario is “what am I supposed to learn, and how am I supposed to grow during this...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Feb 28, 20235 min
DARE to DREAM again!
DARE /der/ verb To have the courage to do something. When I was younger, I played games like "truth or dare". Many times, people choose...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Feb 14, 20233 min
Finding love again
It's one thing to make the decision to start dating. Which, by the way...is a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. It's another...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Jan 16, 20234 min
The Paradox of Grief
par·a·dox /ˈperəˌdäks/ noun a seemingly self-contradictory statement that may prove to be true. (Opposite things being true at the same...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Jan 9, 20233 min
Would my husband's wife do that?
Self reflection is something that I have become an expert at during this journey. I spend a lot of time reflecting and journaling. I know...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Jan 2, 20233 min
Grieving Intimacy
When you think of grieving the loss of your partner, it is very evident that the emotions you feel are toward that specific person. But...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Dec 27, 20224 min
I'm fine....everything is fine; except I'm lying.
When you get married, you envision the holidays with your immediate family a certain way. You envision you and your husband up late...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Dec 19, 20224 min
Becoming a Widowed Mom
Becoming a mother was something that I was never in a rush to do. I remember having a yearly conversation with Chris about how we could...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Nov 21, 20223 min
Thankful
I am thankful for the things that I am learning through this journey. There are so many things that I never realized about myself and my...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Nov 14, 20222 min
Young, widowed and dating
Dating is something that was very hard for me to be open to for a very long time. Even when flirting with men I felt guilty. Like I was...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Oct 24, 20222 min
Moving Forward....
As I was on a coaching session with one of my mentors who is now a remarried widow, I told her that I was ready for the next chapter of...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Oct 8, 20223 min
How it all began
I was heavily involved in the church as a child. I sang in the choir, I was on the dance ministry and I was a junior usher. I loved the...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Sep 25, 20222 min
This journey y'all....
This healing journey has been so transformative in ways that I can’t even describe. And on my journey to wholeness, I realized one day...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Sep 6, 20223 min
When your vision isn't your reality
These moments always catch me off guard. The moment when I'm faced with the image of what I thought my life would be, and then I am faced...
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Ericalynn Cotton
May 3, 20224 min
The next step....
A few weeks before our 11th wedding anniversary, I decided to remove my rings to see how it feels without them. As I began to explore...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Jan 20, 20223 min
The fear of living again
The first thing that I needed to do was lay out the definition of these words. FEAR/ˈFIR/ noun an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Jan 16, 20224 min
A Birthday Letter for You (to be read with the inflection of my voice).
35! WOW! This is actually a big birthday (although it's a family joke that we don't really know exactly how old you are since your...
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Ericalynn Cotton
May 6, 20213 min
"I will be with you always".
It was the day after Mother’s Day and I went to school excited. I was looking for Chris! My boyfriend and I had just broken up and I knew...
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Ericalynn Cotton
Jan 16, 20213 min
A Heavenly 34th
Today is day 13 of my prayer and fasting journey with Transformation Church. Today’s word is WHOLENESS. I feel like this is a fitting...
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