Married Widow by Lucie Haskins

The moment Dean fell, he didn’t have a choice. And who was I, with no medical training, to take on caring for my protector, my everything—now severely brain-injured and totally dependent for his care?

Dean—social butterfly, man of the people, jack of all trades, protector—reduced to a 200-pound infant.

Lucie—the one behind the scenes, shining the spotlight on Dean—deeply private and outside her comfort zone, as she is confronted with stepping up to take charge of their lives.

That’s the starting point.

Lucie shares her powerful story of growth and awakening as she became her husband’s fierce advocate and caregiver after his life-changing injury. Married Widow is an intimate glimpse into how their story unfolds and how both Dean and Lucie recover and grow over time.

In emails to family and friends, Married Widow chronicles their first two years of tremendous change—heart-wrenching setbacks interspersed with miraculous achievements. Frustration, along with slow growth and blessings along the way, creates their new normal.

Readers experience Lucie and Dean’s foray into pivot points in life that define and shape us, and that can launch us as we navigate uncharted realms.

Lucie learned that hope and love are essential foundations for navigating life’s challenges. Above all else, she discovered that we are complete within ourselves and can do so much more than we think we can. It starts with the will to move forward and try. Taking the first baby step. Then the next.

ABOUT LUCIE HASKINS

Lucie Haskins is a lifelong student of how to live an expanded life full of freedom, integrity, and learning. As a result, she enjoys awakening others to what’s possible in their lives and to the innate power within each of us. She’s lived an eclectic life and career—first as a young Polish immigrant learning how to fit into a new culture in America, then as a military wife, computer programmer, freelance indexer and editor, and finally as a published author.