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Revisiting a Story by the Nasturtiums

Posted on: July 11, 2023 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

On the Eve of Camp Widow San Diego — 2023 It is a joy and a privilege to attend Camp Widow’s 15th Anniversary camp in San Diego this Thursday. A-a-a-a-n-d — I am not packed! This is a revised post from February 2022, offering a vision of hope through the lovely nasturtiums.   Studying a […]

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

Widowed Customs: The Ring

Posted on: July 5, 2023 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

Another 4th of July—another wedding anniversary for the books. Dan left on April 15, 2021, so the first anniversary without him came up just three months after his burial. At just over two years of loss, this is my third time to mark our wedding anniversary without him. On this very public holiday in the […]

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

Thoughts on Time: Night

Posted on: June 28, 2023 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a strange relationship with time. I see time as a formidable adversary; time surely sees me as troublesome or unmanageable. In my mind I imagine a cartoon with a tiny me looking up at a huge clock saying, “You’re not the boss of me!” Time and […]

Categories: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing

Volunteers at Camp Widow San Diego at book store.

Healing Support Tools: Widowed Peeps

Posted on: June 21, 2023 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

What kind of support do widowed people need? Many people are familiar with the five stages of grief, but mourning a loved one rarely happens in a clear or predictable manner. You might cycle repeatedly through different emotions, or you may feel everything at once. Every widow or widower processes grief in their own way […]

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

Logo that says The L&F for lost and found.

Lost and Found

Posted on: June 14, 2023 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

Do you ever feel lost, but you can’t define it? This is me, of late. Without words to inform my senses.   Something in me wants to define my feeling of being lost. This makes me ask, what is it about the known that is less disconcerting than the unknown? Is that actually true?   […]

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Young man with daughter on his lap on a pier jutting into a lake.

The Best of Men

Posted on: June 7, 2023 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

ONLY A DAD by Edward Albert Guest Only a dad, but he gives his all To smooth the way for his children small, Doing, with courage stern and grim, The deeds that his father did for him. This is the line that for him I pen, Only a dad, but the best of men.   Words […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Parenting

woman standing at the edge of a small outdoor labyrinth.

Healing Support Tools: The Labyrinth

Posted on: May 31, 2023 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

Labyrinths represent a journey or path to our own center and back again. The labyrinth serves as a metaphor for life’s journey. —Healing Consciousness Foundation What is a labyrinth? There are many definitions for the word “labyrinth”. One simple way to explain it is “a series of circuitous paths that lead to the center and […]

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

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Here Comes Everybody

Posted on: May 24, 2023 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

When my children were little, our youngest son always seemed to make a friend wherever he went. The library, in the aisles of the grocery store, or even while waiting for a prescription at the pharmacy. He was wired for seeing children in his world as “little-while friends.” When I attended Camp Widow, not long […]

Categories: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing

Doula holding infant.

My Other Life

Posted on: May 16, 2023 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

How do you spell Doula?   Today is Tuesday, at 11:18 pm and two things are true: I am only just now writing the Wednesday post for Soaring Spirits’ Widow’s Voice Blog There is a high likelihood I will be called to a birth in the wee hours of Wednesday morning Which means this will […]

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Family photo at the Hope Rises event.

What number of miracles brings us to this place?

Posted on: May 10, 2023 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

For 15 years, I worked in the development department of a local non-profit and I remember the needs of the community far outweighing the funds available to support the folks in need. So, it warmed my heart this past Saturday to witness an evening where hope soared. Soaring Spirits International successfully hosted an inspiring fundraiser […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing

woman with hand over her heart, eyes closed.

Self Compassion

Posted on: May 2, 2023 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

I once had a dream about hearing my heartbeat. What does it sound like? I wondered. Have I heard my heart beating today? Does it matter?   I can’t say in real life that I notice my heart beating.   Does it matter?   In another space the musing continues: Is the beating of our […]

Categories: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing

Ocean water splashing on a huge rock.

Water On Rock

Posted on: April 26, 2023 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

A person’s life emerges from their experiences. The daily ups and downs craft our being like water on rock. We emerge—for better or worse—from countless decision points and random events that occur as we travel toward future. For most of us, the events of our lives are ours to ponder and not a matter of […]

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

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