Christine Griggs
mom, friend, sister, English teacher, golfer, runner, relocated Northerner, widow.
Having lived in NY for my first 30 years, I assumed I would get married, start a family and live and work in NY until I retired. I figured I would live down the street from my family much the same way as I did. However, I was engaged to a southern man who wanted to move back below the Mason Dixon. Young and in love, I followed my husband to South Carolina a week after we were married. The year was 2004 and I had a very difficult time adjusting to life in the south. (I eventually did come to love living in SC.) 15 years and two children later, my husband was diagnosed with cancer. A year later, the world went on lockdown. 6 months later, my strong, vivacious, kind husband died. I was left to raise our two children aged 12 and 13. In the 18 months since Jay has died, my children and I have continued on in the hopes that we are making him proud.