Since her husband’s cancer diagnosis, a grief-stricken mother of five has been sharing their journey as a way to make connections and navigate through their pain. Unfortunately, her husband lost his battle at the age of 42. In a series of raw social media posts, she shares their final conversations, her heartbreak and healing, and what it means to her to be a “widow” in this world. In the summer of 2020, Eric and his wife, Bethany Ashabraner, from Indiana, were in the happiest phase of their life, celebrating the upcoming summer and making plans for Eric’s retirement as an elementary school teacher. At that time, they were completely unaware that life was going to throw a curveball at them. In July 2020, doctors found a 28-centimeter cancerous mass in Eric’s abdomen that had seemingly appeared overnight. “We were surprised, shocked, and completely taken off guard,” Bethany, 38, an elementary school …