Living

When my husband died, I felt gutted and broken. Slowly, I'm finding ways to let him go while also keeping him alive for my girls — and myself.

An elegant lace blouse from Le Chateau, fun dressy sandals from Ann Taylor and other daily steals.

A pair of charming sandals by Anne Klein, a walnut coffee table from Structube and other daily steals.

According to Statistics Canada — and our own 'This is 40ish' survey — a surprisingly high number of Canadian women say they have zero friends. Does it matter?

These women, with their hyper-filtered lives and earnest captions, made me indignant, made me laugh, and then kind of made me hate myself. Until I stopped.