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Staying in Place

Posted on: March 11, 2023 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

I remember the day I drove home from the hospital up in Brunswick, Georgia, with the hard realization that Rich would never be walking up to our front door again. That is a sobering and defining moment. During the 3 weeks he’d spent in the ICU, each drive home was filled with a glimmer of […]

Categories: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, Miscellaneous

Trains of Thought

Posted on: February 25, 2023 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

One of the most significant milestones for those who find themselves widowed is dealing with the items that belonged to your spouse, or significant other. Some people handle that task soon after the death of their partner, others wait for months, if not years, before they can bring themselves to do it.  Closets. Armoires. Desks. […]

Categories: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Multiple Losses, Uncategorized

The Art of Celebrating a Life Well-Lived

Posted on: February 4, 2023 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

Today my late husband Rich will celebrate a birthday in the Afterlife. I don’t know how birthday anniversaries are celebrated in that world, but down here I will be celebrating the occasion in a unique and personal way by participating in my first art event since I can’t even recall. Thinking June of 2019. As […]

Categories: Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings

Taking the Longview

Posted on: January 13, 2023 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

It is pretty special to be able to post on the occasion of my birthday. I note that today, Saturday January 14, is also Organize Your Home Day, an Awareness Observances that encourages us to declutter our homes, lives and ultimately our minds. Last year, on this very day, my family house in Hackensack, New […]

Categories: Widowed Memories, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, Multiple Losses

Seasons of The Mermaid

Posted on: December 17, 2022 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

When I first moved to Southeast Coastal Georgia in March 2020, the Pandemic was in its early stages. In our new clime, however, life went on pretty much as usual with fewer restrictions than in the Northern region we’d just left. March in Southeast Georgia can be quite warm and by April, pool season was […]

Categories: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous

Decluttering

Posted on: October 20, 2022 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

“Decluttering” seems all the rage these days. Just check the internet, which contains enough information and articles on the phenomenon to easily fill an entire basement and a garage: spend an hour, a day, a week discovering for yourself the “10 Rules,” the “27 Simple Steps,” the “50 Strategies,” ad nauseam. The hype surrounding the […]

Categories: Widowed Belongings, Uncategorized

Muscle Memory

Posted on: October 3, 2022 | Posted by: Emily Vielhauer

Grilling and smoking is one of the things that Tony took the lead on during our marriage. I was a passive bystander at best. One time he put me in charge of watching some jalapeno poppers he was grilling while he ran down to help a neighbor. I managed to catch one on fire and […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Uncategorized

The Unconclusive Conclusion

Posted on: September 24, 2022 | Posted by: Bryan Martin

While writing this blog, I was forced to revisit and relive more than just my widowed walk. I dove back in time through many memories I had forgotten or hidden. In reflecting back, how ironic was it that I rushed through the four years of high school and the four years of college only now […]

Categories: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Without Children, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Widowed Therapy, Widowed Community, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized

Widowed Wealth of Words

Posted on: September 17, 2022 | Posted by: Bryan Martin

This week has been a huge transition in my life. I retired from my 23 year career to focus on my relationship and the business I own. I can work from anywhere which is giving me much more time to enjoy time. Of course, big transitions have change and responsibility. I’m organizing my own healthcare, […]

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

Growing Through Grief with Gratitude

Posted on: July 16, 2022 | Posted by: Bryan Martin

Yesterday I felt like I hit the grief guardrail at 75 miles an hour. I knew it was coming and I knew I couldn’t turn fast enough. It was emotionally inevitable and, as much as I wanted to avoid it, I also have been needing it. It was an intimate group of family and friends […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Widowed by Illness

Tackling the Garage

Posted on: June 27, 2022 | Posted by: Emily Vielhauer

Tony was a man of many skills. He was a hunter, a carpenter, a BBQ smoker, a gardener, and sometimes a mechanic. With all these skills and hobbies comes a lot of material things. Our garage shelves and walls overflowed with his things. Tony was also not the most organized man; organization is a skill […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Signs from Loved One

Another Layer to the Levels In Life

Posted on: June 25, 2022 | Posted by: Bryan Martin

I’m happy to say that yesterday my boyfriend Devin and I got engaged! Yesterday I reached a new place in life that I have never been too before. Clayton and I never had the opportunity to get to this point. This weekend I am celebrating where my life has lead me, and the love that […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Widowed by Illness

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