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Sundays are the Most Nostalgic

Posted on: May 18, 2025 | Posted by: Grace Villafuerte

Sunday afternoons are sometimes still the most nostalgic and bittersweet times. I frequently have packed weekends, often a little too “peopley.” And it is a relief to get to Sunday evening, to pause, rest, and get into that somewhat resistant mindset of, “the weekend is over and Monday is looming.” My bones still remember with […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed

Who Says You Can’t Go Home?

Posted on: May 17, 2025 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

“Who says you can’t go home?” asks the lyrics of a song written by New Jersey natives, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora.  Two weeks ago, I made a trek to my home state of New Jersey for a quick visit with some friends and to attend a class reunion. I’d looked forward to returning […]

Categories: Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized

a red and white teardrop trailer and a black jeep wrangler

Solo Traveling

Posted on: May 16, 2025 | Posted by: Sherry Holub

I’m currently on a 4 day outing on the Oregon coast and typing this post up from my little teardrop trailer. On the drive out here on Wednesday, it occurred to me that I’m not really “camping” in the old sense of the word. No, I’m basically just traveling and living in my little home […]

Categories: Widowed

Boys’ Night Out

Posted on: May 15, 2025 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

Last night was another Boys’ Night Out, an occasional, generally impromptu, casual dinner (or breakfast or lunch) with some of the fellas.  We’re all old men now, and to see us today, it’s hard to imagine that we once were so young, brimming with energy, just beginning our adult lives’ adventures. The subject matter of […]

Categories: Miscellaneous

Chalkboard with someone's bucket list.

A 2012 Facebook Post . . .

Posted on: May 13, 2025 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

. . . how I’m doing on that list. Some 13 years past, the Facebook posts saved as “memories” are interesting to read. My Grandmother passed away at 83 on Holy Saturday. My Aunt Cissie passed away at 99 on Good Friday (April 6, 2012 at 5am). That leaves Easter Sunday for me at 105…when […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community

Friendship is an Honor

Posted on: May 12, 2025 | Posted by: Emily Vielhauer

Saturday, I had the pleasure of catching up with two of my friends from college. One friend lives locally but we don’t see each other nearly often as we should. My other friend lives in a coastal city out east. I hadn’t seen her in 3 years, but they hadn’t seen each other in 10 […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Suicide, Miscellaneous

A Car as a Time Capsule

Posted on: May 11, 2025 | Posted by: Grace Villafuerte

Lynn and I met a year before we were officially a couple. For a year, we steadily became closer friends. (Honestly, I was secretly dating her for that year, but she didn’t know it…) Lynn bought a brand new, Silver, 2005 Toyota Scion xA that year. Her Golden Retriever had passed away shortly before she […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Belongings, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Miscellaneous

Paws to Honor the Dog Moms

Posted on: May 10, 2025 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

  Today, the day before Mother’s Day, is officially Dog Mom’s Day. For many, especially those that are widowed, our dogs (and other pets) can fill a great void when no human can, providing comfort and companionship when they feel so all alone in the world, sometimes even when they have actual human kids.  My […]

Categories: Widowed Without Children, Widowed Holidays, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized

A happy guy with a wine glass sitting outside

New Traditions

Posted on: May 9, 2025 | Posted by: Sherry Holub

(Originally posted this in 2024 for Mario’s birthday. I didn’t get to really celebrate this year because I had too many client meetings that day, but am hoping to pick the tradition back up next year.) Just about anyone who’s lost someone will tell you that birthdays of that lost person are tough. Birthdays just […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous

Jillian

Posted on: May 8, 2025 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

I learned that Jillian had been a daughter, a sister, a mother, and a wife.  I also learned that Jillian had died young after cancer got her. I learned this last Saturday, while attending the posthumous celebration of her life with Robyn. I never met Jillian in life. The celebration was held in a large […]

Categories: Widowed Memories, Widowed Milestones

Couple standing in front of 1952 O'Keefe & Merritt

The Season of Time

Posted on: May 7, 2025 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

What is time, anyway? Time is how we measure and make sense of change. At its core, time is a concept we use to track the sequence and duration of events. It’s how we understand that one thing happens before or after another and how long things last. -Chatgpt Time is both strict and magical. […]

Categories: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Widowed Community, Widowed by Illness

Wanderlust

Posted on: May 6, 2025 | Posted by: Diana Mosson

A repost! Last week the twins and I returned from my first solo flight with them since Erik’s passing. I had been anticipating this flight for quite some time. All the worries that come with being a solo parent at home seemed so trivial compared to all the worries I had about traveling alone with […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Suicide

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