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Multiple Losses

A Week in “Old Florida” Never Gets Old

Posted on: April 26, 2025 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

It’s been a “mundane” but productive week filled with property-related distractions; the homestead matters that call for care and maintenance, those things that keep me grounded, literally. The tasks of making sure my foundation is secure. I kind of like weeks like that. Nose-to-the-grindstone kind of stuff. Fortunately, I found out this week that I […]

Categories: Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Multiple Losses, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized

Hi ~ It’s so nice to meet you

Posted on: March 23, 2025 | Posted by: Grace Villafuerte

Hello Fellow Wids!
I live in gratitude to Soaring Spirits for having provided a safe environment to grieve in community, and the many opportunities to heal, grieve, celebrate, connect, all the things! I am excited to be the newest blogger, and I thank Kelley for the warm transition. She’s awesome! I look forward to sharing, and […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Multiple Losses, Miscellaneous

Riding Off into the Sunset

Posted on: March 1, 2025 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

I’m typically highly-sensitive to dates of significance pertaining to family members. I’d always served as the reminder-of-dates, a birthdate savant, advising everyone of someone’s upcoming Big Day. These days, however, I realize that it isn’t birthdates that I’m now good at recalling, but the dates-of-loss. I didn’t realize until this past week that although six […]

Categories: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Multiple Losses, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized

A Write-ous Birthweek

Posted on: January 18, 2025 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

The other day during a Zoom meeting, a colleague noted that most people stop reading at the third paragraph of articles and blog posts. I think about that as we adjust to a new year. I find myself reimagining ways to improve my writing approach and practice to increase focus and clarity. With so much […]

Categories: Widowed Memories, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Multiple Losses, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized

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Loss is Lifelong

Posted on: January 3, 2025 | Posted by: Sherry Holub

Sometimes loss may be a positive thing. If you’re an athlete, for example, and your team loses, you learn from any mistakes, regroup, practice harder and come back better. Sometimes loss can be a proverbial bullet dodged. I’ve lost the bid on projects before to find out later that the client would have been a […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Multiple Losses

My Spirit Team Six

Posted on: December 28, 2024 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

I hope you all got through the Christmas holiday alright. I know this time of year can be especially difficult for many, whether your loss occured last week, or several years ago. The shadow of that loss can dim even the brightest of holiday lights. On Christmas Eve morning, I spent some time on the […]

Categories: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Multiple Losses, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized

A Year at Crescent Haven

Posted on: September 7, 2024 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

In processing grief, I often hear people use the term, “Moving On”. But, most who are recovering from the trauma of losing a loved one prefer “Moving Forward”. Some might ask, “What’s the difference?” If you Move On, the implication is that we’ve left something behind; forgetting, or letting go of, some place, or somebody, […]

Categories: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Multiple Losses, Uncategorized

Finding Family

Posted on: August 3, 2024 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

  Reunions of any kind can stir up all kinds of thoughts and feelings – happiness, nostalgia, a desire to connect, and inevitably sadness due to the fact that reunions can remind us of those who are no longer here with us. My parents met in New Jersey – my mom a coal miner’s daughter […]

Categories: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Multiple Losses, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized

Camp Widow Confidential

Posted on: July 27, 2024 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

Happy Saturday. As I wasn’t able to attend Camp Widow in San Diego this year, I asked Margie Perez, a four-time Camp Widow ambassador to share her experience there. I met Margie on my first day at Camp Widow San Diego last year. I liked her positive and outgoing approach and her sense of humor. […]

Categories: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, Multiple Losses, Uncategorized

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A Tough Week

Posted on: July 5, 2024 | Posted by: Sherry Holub

Trigger warnings: car accident, physical trauma, death, hospital scenes. Sunday afternoon a Sheriff knocked on my door. My 86 year old dad crashed his truck. He veered off the road at high speed and slammed into a culvert. He was taken to the local hospital by ambulance, but from the get go, it was clear […]

Categories: Widowed Memories, Multiple Losses, Miscellaneous

Recalling Birthdays Past

Posted on: June 29, 2024 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

This weekend marks the birthday of my sister who would haved turned 64 tomorrow. Growing up, I envied her summer birthday celebrations. I got blizzards and weather-related postponed parties and she got beaches and pool parties. We were very different, yet very close. I still can’t believe she is seven years gone. I know she […]

Categories: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Milestones, Multiple Losses

“Ruff” and Random Thoughts

Posted on: May 4, 2024 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

Last week I wrote about the one year anniversary of the passing of my dad on April 29. Then I realized there was another milestone of sorts. April 28th marked the two and a half year point of my Widowhood. I guess it’s good that I wasn’t so fixated on this milestone, but it made […]

Categories: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, Multiple Losses, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized

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