Another year passes after Cam died and there is nothing to show for it

 By Steve Otto

On January 21, my wife died one year ago. That means I’ve been a widow for a year. It hasn’t been a good year. I’ve tried to date women and that has not gone well. I only had one date that lasted more than once and it is now over. Some of my friends have seemed to take offence at me dating after Cam. But overall the experience has sucked.

Suddenly as that date comes closer—today is the 19, I realize how little I got done in a year. Nothing good came out of this year. I’m alone—really alone. I’m trapped in a house I don’t like—in a town I don’t like. The only thing I did like was tea and I quit using that. So now I really have nothing. Even work on my political blogs has dropped off. I do less and less every day.