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Reaching Out

Posted on: July 3, 2020 | Posted by: Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker

When Drew died, I gathered all the support I could muster and I do truly believe it helped me to navigate the pain. Grief has taught me not to wait until there is a raging storm, but instead to seek support out when the clouds first begin to thicken.

Categories: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy

When Negativity Takes Over

Posted on: June 28, 2020 | Posted by: Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker

What happened instead is that an opening was made, for that voice to come back and haunt me. That voice that tells me I am cursed in some way from ever having those milestone, big, beautiful moments in my life.

Categories: Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Multiple Losses

Eat the Cake Anyway!

Posted on: June 19, 2020 | Posted by: Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker

I did NOT cancel the Bed & Breakfast that was supposed to be for our wedding night. I did NOT cancel the wedding cake either. I am celebrating my relationship on this day no matter what – and that means CAKE dammit.

Categories: Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions

First Flight, Last Flight

Posted on: June 14, 2020 | Posted by: Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker

Hey bud,   You know, there are a lot of coincidental similarities between you and I.  I mean, even at age 6, I was fascinated by flight (spaceflight specifically, at the time), visiting Kennedy space center, and the US air force museum.  I enlisted in the Marine Corps at 17, and guess where I ended […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Suddenly, Miscellaneous

“D” Day No. 8

Posted on: June 12, 2020 | Posted by: Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker

Eight years ago today my world changed forever, suddenly, and in ways I couldn’t have imagined…

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Suddenly

Three Little Words, and Other Hard Things

Posted on: June 7, 2020 | Posted by: Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker

Yesterday was our anniversary. Next week, the 8th anniversary of his death. That’s a day that a lot of people still remember. But yesterday… no one else really remembers…

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions

Little Earthquakes

Posted on: May 24, 2020 | Posted by: Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker

I’ll admit his sudden absence after having been home 24/7 for the past few months definitely has the triggers talking. It’s as if the widow part of me is suddenly on high alert because a person is here less than normal and it doesn’t compute. It only knows to be worrying that this means death and pain are coming.

Categories: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed and New Love

Survivor Superpowers

Posted on: May 17, 2020 | Posted by: Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker

If there is one thing hardship can help us develop in ourselves, it is a resolve that no matter what life throws at us, we will not back down or be broken. We can decide that we will not stop believing that life can be beautiful, and funny, and wonderful, and full of love. We can decide not to give in to the idea that I grew up with – that “normal” is best or better somehow. Instead, we who have been through the hard shit can embrace the fact that life has thrown it’s hardest stuff at us, and not only did we make it through, but by God, we made something beautiful of it too. 

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Multiple Losses

Mothers’ Day

Posted on: May 10, 2020 | Posted by: Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker

This is the sixth Mother’s day since Megan’s death.  Shelby is now starting to actually outgrow her mother’s shoes, and she’s almost as tall at 13 as Megan was at 33.  She looks like her.  A real “bean pole” right now.  At this age, she’s more concerned about video games, reading, riding her bike, and texting her friends than anything else.  From the outside looking in, it’s almost as-if she’s forgotten about her mother.

Categories: Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Widowed by Illness

Postponing Weddings, but not Love

Posted on: May 3, 2020 | Posted by: Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker

If there is one thing widowhood has taught me, it’s that love never ever goes anywhere. I love Drew the same as I ever have, and now I love Mike too. If the worst comes to my door again, if someone I love dies, I will know that I have tried to be good and kind and loving and connected with everyone I care for. 

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions

10 Things I’ve Learned from Self-Quarantine

Posted on: April 12, 2020 | Posted by: Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker

A friend of mine posted last week asking for people to share things they have learned going through this whole health pandemic – either about themselves, society, or just life in general. In an effort to write something today that has a bit of lightness to it, I thought I’d jot down a few things I’ve learned through this whole craptastic experience we have found ourselves in.

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

Rambling – About What Else?

Posted on: April 5, 2020 | Posted by: Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker

Mike and Sarah share Sunday posts, as they are two widows who are in a new relationship together. Today’s post is from Mike: I’ve been absent from writing here for almost a month now.  Everyone’s world has been turned upside-down with this virus over the past month or two, including mine.  Sundays come and go, […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous

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