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New Paths to Mindfulness

Posted on: June 9, 2015 | Posted by: Mike Welker

Had you asked me a few months ago what the best way for me to cope with losing Megan was, I would have immediately told you it was being out in nature.  There was no alternative for me.  I needed to be in the woods, away from people and cell phone service.  Someplace I could be quiet and think.  It was a meditative place of my own, that I never…

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Tailor Made

Posted on: May 26, 2015 | Posted by: Mike Welker

Today, as I sit down to write with tired eyes, I must admit that although I miss Megan as much now as before, it has shifted over these past few months from an intense grief at the thought of her death to more of a longing for her to be present to witness where life has taken me since that time. I have just returned from an extended weekend in…

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love

The First Mother’s Day

Posted on: May 12, 2015 | Posted by: Mike Welker

Two days ago, I experienced my first Mother’s Day without Megan.  Had you asked me back in January how I would have handled it, I would have expressed sheer terror at the prospect.  At that time, just two months since losing her, all I could imagine was that I would be an emotional train wreck, and would probably have just called my mother and…

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Holidays, Widowed by Illness

Weeping Willows

Posted on: April 28, 2015 | Posted by: Mike Welker

Hey babe, Do you remember this place?  Do you remember how much Shelby loves coming here?  It was the first place that Shelby and I ever took a hike, and it’s the final place, a year ago, that you and I took a walk.  I can still remember Shelby running around, picking up last year’s acorns, the few remaining ones left alone by the squirrels at…

Categories: Widowed, Miscellaneous

Setting a Standard

Posted on: April 14, 2015 | Posted by: Mike Welker

Shelby needs to have an example of what a caring, devoted man, father, and husband should be.  She is a mere 8 years old, but I believe most readers here will understand when I state that, well, I might not be here by the time she’s 18.  It’s a cold, hard truth that should never be swept under the rug or glossed over, and I can unfortunately…

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed by Illness

Expect the Unexpected

Posted on: March 31, 2015 | Posted by: Mike Welker

Megan had not only given me permission to “move on” again once she was gone, she had outright demanded it, years before she died.  She refused to take my heart with her, leaving a hole in me that could never be filled.  This is why, in the deepest pit of my soul, I believe she has brought someone new into my life in the best way…

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed by Illness

A Place of Existence

Posted on: March 17, 2015 | Posted by: Mike Welker

For years, I have wandered outside.  When I was very young, on through my teenage years, I would often times find myself on my Aunt’s cattle farm, traipsing around the back lots, playing in the creeks, or just generally exploring the land and finding interesting spots to spend time with my brother and cousins.  We were always outside.  We…

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Suddenly, Miscellaneous

“Until my dying day…..”

Posted on: March 3, 2015 | Posted by: Mike Welker

“…until my last breath.”  My wife Megan and I had those words tattooed onto our forearms on February 8th, 2014.  It was my suggestion, and she was completely taken aback by it.  Not because she wasn’t sold on the idea of a little ink (she had sixteen tattoos already), but because I suggested it and came up with the whole plan.  I only had two…

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