Francine Kouis:  

Life After living in Barrington and raising my two children there,I sold my house and noved to Bristol. It was to be for one year only, as Skip and I were heading to Florida to live our dream of early retirement. Life doesn't always work the way we plan. Skip was diganosed with cancer stage 4 in October 08, and was given 18 - 24 months or if we were really lucky up to 5 years. We both decided it woudl be 5 years and never accepted less. 19 months later he was gone. So here I am almost 7 months later wondering what the hell happened. I stayed on at my job but moved once again. I am now in East Providence in a small apartment. I've been divorced which I didn't like but now as a widow I can tell you its the worse experience of my life. There is never a way to prepare yourself to lose your best friend, your right hand, yes as corny as it sounds your soul mate. Some times you may not even realize that this person is all those things and more to you until you are about to lo...Expand for more