'Til Death Do Us Part

By SANDIE FUENTY

I filled out the medical form until I reached 'Marital Status.' I stopped. For the first time, I checked the dreaded box: WIDOWED.

After 51 years of marriage, Sandie Fuenty's husband Jim, a Vietnam Veteran, completed the final battle of a war he brought home and fought until his death on November 5, 2022.

After Jim's death, grief didn't arrive in a straight line. It came in waves, paperwork, quiet rooms, and sudden anger, including the moment she had to check a box she never imagined choosing: Widow.

With hard-won honesty and practical clarity, Sandie names what many widows feel but rarely say out loud, and introduces the Five Stages of Widowhood that carried her forward: Relief, Guilt, Numbness, Letting Go, and Rebuilding.

Part memoir, part survival guide, this book offers companionship for the emotional rollercoaster, language for the complicated moments, and a reminder that rebuilding does not erase love, it simply makes room for life again.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GNCYR22L
• ISBN13: 9798218897192
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Sandie Fuenty
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"