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Kathie Neff

The Space in Between

Posted on: September 28, 2022 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

. . . Mystery   awake i wonder where are you now?   feeling you is – for me – proof that somehow you still exist.   arriving not at my will   i wait   i wonder   waiting wondering is so hard.   yet   harder still is the mystery…   the not-knowing. […]

Categories: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions

Structure holding up the Newport Pier

Bridging the Distance

Posted on: September 21, 2022 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

It’s been one year, five months and five days since you left— 523 days— 12,576 hours 40 minutes— I am keenly aware of your physical absence today, my love. I’m in the city of Newport Beach—the air is cool. The beach out of view.  Of many options on the Southern California coast, Newport Beach was […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions

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Mostly Sweet

Posted on: September 13, 2022 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

Bittersweet Memories Camp Widow’s Pop-Up in Denver was a great success. SO MANY of the yellow name tags which indicate first time campers. Some drove from Mississippi, Texas, and even New York, for this “taste” of what Camp Widow offers. It was a privilege to welcome those waiting in line at the registration table–unsure of […]

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

BREATHE WHEN LATE!

Posted on: September 7, 2022 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

Just breathing can be such a luxury sometimes—by Walter Kirn Susan Hannifin-MacNab found me at my desk this morning, buried under a long to-do list, fully captured by the computer work I was lost in, and in my imagination she whispered….Kathie! It’s blog day and you’re late! Holy Moly! “Take a breath,” I heard her […]

Categories: Widowed

Never Ready

Posted on: August 31, 2022 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

I can tell you exactly where I was standing . . . and who I was with when I heard that our superman died. “Impossible” I said. We are never fully ready to accept the death of our person. Time is a magician. Even with early warnings that death is near, time suddenly runs out. […]

Categories: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions

happy birthday babe

Posted on: August 24, 2022 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

in relation to the years, i feel small marking the memories. i remember when you taught me to light the oven in our first O’Keefe & Merritt stove–light the match, hold the flame to the small hole at the bottom of the oven, turn on the gas. i thought i might blow up the house […]

Categories: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Birthdays

A Guest House – A Birthday –

Posted on: August 17, 2022 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

and Two Questions How is it possible that Dan’s birthday–the second since his death–is already coming up eleven days from now? Surreal. As a mom of seven, I am used to the arrival of ideas from one or another of my children. How to accomplish one solution or another…what flourishes to add–or ways to contain–an […]

Categories: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Milestones

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Yay!

Posted on: August 10, 2022 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

For All of Us!   We take off our wedding rings… (or) We leave them on… (or) We wear our ring on our neck…   We don’t believe in an after-life… (or) We believe our partner is near and talk to our person every day…. (or) We find meaning in places our person has been […]

Categories: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community

Fall Down Seven Times

Posted on: August 3, 2022 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

Stand Up Eight On this early morning I am thinking about death. The loss of my beloved life-partner demonstrated death to me on the closest level possible. Which takes me to the next thought, I, too, will die. Thoughts such as this come without warning, arriving like fog. One day they are far from your […]

Categories: Widowed, Newly Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions

Camp Crash is Real

Posted on: July 26, 2022 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

and so are Daily Life Crashes Camp Widow San Diego had everything. Mild San Diego weather, California’s sun and surf, and 300+ folks who know exactly how hard widowhood can be. After the last workshop ended, I had a strong collection of ideas, practices, and suggestions for life back at home. I was in great […]

Categories: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Community

Hand holding camera with lake in the background

Camp Widow San Diego 2022

Posted on: July 20, 2022 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

Gratitude, Respect, and Wonder Camp Widow is a wrap and the value of storytelling is strong in my being. Images are vivid in my mind. I’m remembering the Well Loved photos of our persons who are honored front-and-center throughout the entire event. I’m thinking about the messages of compassion, help, and hope which met us […]

Categories: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Community

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Widowed Time

Posted on: July 13, 2022 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

A Treasure to be Discovered 7am – the hot summer day barely peeks into my view…when you live in Cali, specifically Riverside, you can tell early on if it will be a hot one. I sit in the sort-of dining room / never quite an office / former in-between-nothing-room and put down words on a […]

Categories: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Emotions

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