this blog is perhaps more honest than any other. It is about grief and strength. Yes, there is cursing. If that offends you, we invite you not to read it. If you want to meet a real New Orleans woman, and learn what life after death can be like- then read on: The Diary is the truth about surviving the suicide of my 41 year old husband, raising our 3 kids (ages 10,5, and 2) alone, getting robbed and kidnapped at gunpoint the morning of the funeral (seriously, this really happened), and learning how to really live, and even laugh, in spite of it all.