OK, so here I am writing my first post on Widow Speak. In a few weeks it will be two years since my husband died of cancer after an illness which lasted about a year. Or I should say which we knew about for about a year. I am convinced he had had it for a long time before it was diagnosed. I understand that in its early stages cancer can be lurking a long time before making its presence felt. Anyway, the purpose of this blog is not to be morbid or self pitying but to share a few things I have learned over the past couple of years about what it is like to be widowed, earlier than would be expected. I hope I can pass on some helpful hints and also provide a forum for other widows.