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Widowed and Healing

Some Softer Dates

Posted on: April 6, 2021 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

All Photos my own It’s been a good week. Surprisingly good, for the time of year. A slew of special events and treats. Lots of variety – much more than in recent COVID-times – including a flight and a visit to another country! What’s not to love? And all with the underlay of loss and […]

Categories: Child Loss, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses

Hollow (third edition)

Posted on: April 5, 2021 | Posted by: Staci Sulin

Outwardly, my life has remained stable and solid.  In many ways I am a vision of “widowed success”.  I returned to a good career, I still have the house, the car, and the kids.  On the outside, the condition of my life looks good.   Aside from Mike’s death, my life may even be enviable to some; but things are not as they appear.  Like the aesthetically pleasing chocolate bunnies, I look to be well dressed and professionally presented; but, inside me there is something lacking.  Inside of me, the landscape of my Soul is barren – or at least it was for many years.  For a long time after he died I was hollow inside like the foil bunnies.  On the inside of me there was ‘nothing’.  Where there used to be unbridled joy there was emptiness.

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

Three Years.

Posted on: April 4, 2021 | Posted by: Victoria Helmly

April 7th marks 3 years since Boris died. 3 years since I have seen his face, heard his voice, or touched him. I honestly do not know how I survived the last 3 years. In the first few weeks and months, the loss consumed every part of me. I still think about him every single […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Suicide

Less is More

Posted on: March 29, 2021 | Posted by: Staci Sulin

My worldly possessions feel heavy.  They are housed in my home and chain me to a life that I no longer wish to participate in.  I don’t give a shit about the stuff on my walls or the sofa across from me.  It is all meaningless to me.  What can it do for me?  What does it do for anyone really?

Moving forward, I do not want things.  What matters to me is the feel of things, not the actual things.  I want to live a full and joy filled life that draws inspiration from experiences – not stuff.  And, sure, it is true, I do like nice things; but material things do not fill my heart with happiness.  In fact, my worldly possessions feel weighty to me.  They feel like a burden to me.  In the near future, I hope to travel and I do not want to have to worry about storing my things while I am gone. To me, more is less.

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Uncategorized

The Grief Keeper

Posted on: March 27, 2021 | Posted by: Bryan Martin

For almost 3 years, I have been writing each week. I missed a few here and there but that’s life. Year 1 was a fog. Year 2 was sharp realizations. Year 3, I finally accepted that Clayton was not coming back and it was time to focus less on losing him and more on keeping […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Widowed by Illness

Spring Forward

Posted on: March 25, 2021 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

We in the Midwest are blessed to experience the Four Seasons, even if summer is too short, winter lasts about twice as long as it ought to, and spring is a rumor that most years shows up belatedly and lasts but a few short days. As I am jotting today’s entry, it’s currently about 33 […]

Categories: Widowed and Healing, Uncategorized

Breaking Bad

Posted on: March 23, 2021 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

Main image by Denis Oliveira on Unsplash Anyone who reads these blogposts and/or asks me how I am doing and waits for the pause while I run my eyes over their face, their ears over their voice, my brain’s interpretation system over their written words to assess for “checking in” or “real interest”, (and assuming […]

Categories: Child Loss, Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses

Having All Your Birthdays in One Day – take 5

Posted on: March 22, 2021 | Posted by: Staci Sulin

It is Mike’s 65th birthday today. On March 22nd, I will always “celebrate” him.  There will never be a birthday of his that I don’t think tenderly of him. On his birthday I purposefully choose to remember the way he lived. I  celebrate the life and love we shared together. This is how I try […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Uncategorized

Bachelor of Grief

Posted on: March 20, 2021 | Posted by: Bryan Martin

I never wanted to apply and enroll here at Widowed University. I’ve always been opened to learning more in life but I never wanted this education. Like I said last week, the build up to Clayton’s death day is one of the hardest times of the year for me. Two years last April I got […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Without Children, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Widowed by Illness

The Right Move…

Posted on: March 15, 2021 | Posted by: Staci Sulin

…when I move, I will concentrate on raising up the new me.  It is cool.  It is not lost on me that the roles are reversed.  This time, it is me, not my children, who will “grow up” and into myself in the new house.  It is my turn to focus on my own identity and sense of well being. It is my time to become the person I am meant to be.

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

Grief Gifts

Posted on: March 13, 2021 | Posted by: Bryan Martin

One month away from the third anniversary of Clayton’s passing and some moments it feels like it was just yesterday. Each year has had its challenges and this year I’ve lost our cat Stallone. I’ve written before that it’s the build up to certain dates that’s worse then the actual days themselves. Each season has […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Widowed by Illness

Daily Reflections on Love – part one

Posted on: March 9, 2021 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

Image by Engin Akyurt on Unsplash I have a daily gratitude writing practice that started at the beginning of 2020. Megan had given me a gratitude diary for Christmas in which it was suggested you write five things that you had to look forward to that day, then one thing at the end of the […]

Categories: Child Loss, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses

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