Disappointment Isn’t a Problem That Needs Fixing

It’s a reminder that life begins and ends with complexity, not perfection

Nora McInerny
Forge
Published in
5 min readJul 10, 2019

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Nora at home with her son, Ralph. Credit: Star Tribune/Getty Images

FFive years ago, at age 31, I became the widowed mom of a toddler when my husband, Aaron, died of a brain tumor — immediately following my father’s death, and before that, a miscarriage.

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Nora McInerny
Forge
Writer for

Creator, Terrible thanks for Asking and Still Kickin. Author. Remarried Widow. Very tall.