On January 2, 2010 Dick Aitkins lost his wife of 50 years (see http://bettieschallenge.blogspot.com/). This blog recounted the challenges of coping with that loss and finding a way back to life and love. It was live from March of 2011 through May of 2014. It recounted the first two years of being a widower. The author remarried after three years as a widower and the blog's usefulness has run its course.