Amanda Klootsdoes not want to be referred to as a “widow” after losing her husband, Nick Cordero.
“Did you know that the Indo-European root meaning of the word widow means ‘be empty?’ Be empty,” she wrote. " ‘Be,’ in case you forgot, is a verb, an action word. I have to identify myself with a word that means to stay ‘empty’ — no wonder I hate saying the word! I am not a glass-half-empty kind of girl! What’s ironic to me is that in meeting and spending time with other widows and widowers, we are everything but ‘being empty.’ We are desperate to FILL our cup! We are trying everyday to live a life that is overflowing in presence and gratitude.“⠀
Kloots went on to suggest a more positive word to use in place of “widow.”
“I don’t know how you go about changing a word, but I propose a word that means something more hopeful. A word that gives us strength and power! A word that is optimistic in a time when we need it most,” she said. “Renovare, means to ‘renew.’ I’m not sure if it’s the right word, but it sure defines me more than ‘be empty.’ So here’s to my fellow renovares who are striving everyday to renew, reinvent and refill their cup!”
Elaine Welteroth, who co-hostsThe Talkalongside Kloots, said: “So well said. Let’s change that word ASAP!!”
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Kloots' husbandNick Corderodied in July 2020at 41 from COVID-19 complications. She wed the Broadway actor in 2017 and they welcomedtheir 2-year-old son, Elvis Eduardo, in 2019.
Kloots recently honored Cordero on the one-year anniversary of his death.
Nick Cordero and Amanda Kloots.amanda kloots/instagram
“There hasn’t been a day this year where you weren’t missed, thought about and talked about. Thank you for being our guardian angel, for sending me signs, for being my DJ in heaven. I know you’re just 2” away,” she continued. “We only had a few short years together but they were filled with so much love, laughter, adventure, dreams, change and growth. It was my ‘Nick era’ and I’ll have it forever.”
Kloots recently revealed thatshe has “just started dating again.”
“It is so crazy to be dating for the first time at 39 years old,” she said onThe Talk. “And it’s quite terrifying and really out of your element, and it’s just hard. It is hard.”
source: people.com
