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A Widow’s 2020 Reflection

Posted on: January 3, 2021 | Posted by: Victoria Helmly

I am still wrapping my head around the new year…2020 felt so long, but then again it went by so fast somehow. Since mid-March when COVID-19 became an everyday reality for us in the U.S., I have been reflecting on how this year has changed so much of our lives, but how differently it impacted […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community

A “Lakota Tradition” About Grieving

Posted on: December 3, 2020 | Posted by: Jeff Ziegler

“In the Lakota tradition, a person who is grieving is considered most waken, most holy.”

It is not an alien concept. In many religions and belief systems (Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc.), the bereaved are held in high regard and “revered” for a certain length of time, but what happens when that time is “over?”

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community

L O V E

Posted on: December 2, 2020 | Posted by: Alison Miller

Rock me gently, Swaying to and fro. Let me feel your strength around me and The living might of your power Gather me into you So that I am consumed and immersed and suffused Grant me memory of all I had, and tenacity to hold steadfast To what I know to be truth everlasting. Bless […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, Military Widowed, Widowed by Illness

Focused Attention

Posted on: October 29, 2020 | Posted by: Jeff Ziegler

I have done a lot of work on myself over the last two years since Suzanne died. This morning, I had a revelation.

My attention has still been scattered. The revelation came when listening to a podcast about brain science. It dawned on me that I must apply my attention to what has become most important to me. This means placing it on activities and relationships that serve me—and not just what I “think” I need to place my attention and focus on.

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community

Life, After

Posted on: September 8, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

Images from internet searches for Netflix’s “After Life” Sometime after Mike died – perhaps a matter of months – Megan came to me and said, “Muuuuum – my Netflix account isn’t working”. It’s possible that I said, “What’s Netflix?”, but I don’t think I was living under a rock to quite that degree. But I […]

Categories: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses

Dying to Live or Living to Die?

Posted on: September 1, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

Photo by Juliana Malta on Unsplash This is my 53rd piece for Soaring Spirits which means I have been writing for a year. My gentlest year in five years. I wanted so much to be able to write that there had not been another death in my close entourage, by which I mean, the death […]

Categories: Child Loss, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Community, Multiple Losses

A letter of encouragement to my Widbuds

Posted on: August 11, 2020 | Posted by: Emma Pearson

All photos my own, taken this week in the French Pyrenees I could write tons of letters of encouragement to my Widbuds, or indeed Grieflings of any fragrance or flavour. Whether it’s about putting one foot in front of the other; trusting that one heartbeat or breath will follow another; finding the wherewithal to write […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Community, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses

Lunchtime Live

Posted on: July 23, 2020 | Posted by: Jeff Ziegler

For eleven weeks, before restrictions were lifted and we were still supposed to be sheltered in place here in Southern California, I held a daily 30-minute live broadcast on Facebook. Each day, I chose a topic that meant something to me—and that I thought might resonate with others. These daily broadcasts were meant to thoughtfully engage and help connect people in the time of CoVID.

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community

A Better Busy Bryan

Posted on: June 13, 2020 | Posted by: Bryan Martin

Just after Clayton passed, I was forced to get a second job. I started up an online business which allowed me to work from anywhere. I wasn’t locked into a schedule, at a location with someone else’s requirements. I worked extremely hard to quickly get to a point I felt financially safe again. I hit […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses, Miscellaneous

What Do You Say to Someone Widowed? Exactly What You Say to Anyone Grieving…

Posted on: June 6, 2020 | Posted by: Bryan Martin

There is just no way to gather the words to fully express the way current events are falling all around us. A pandemic, lost jobs, social upheaval and deep pain from racism. My broken widowed heart hurts for so many and it often takes my breath away leaving me speechless. So many of my friends […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Miscellaneous

Waking in Empty Bed

Posted on: March 26, 2020 | Posted by: Jeff Ziegler

Every morning, I wake in an empty bed. I know. Lots of single people wake up in an empty bed every morning. But I am not single by choice. Still, waking up alone is somewhat of a choice, because there could always be someone else in my bed; but it is nonetheless a choice (regardless if it’s not one I have not made deliberately). Every night, I lay down to sleep and think about Suzanne. And I still miss her, terribly.

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community

Corona WHAT?

Posted on: March 13, 2020 | Posted by: Kelley Lynn

So, the past few days have proven to be extremely strange, stressful, daunting, and very difficult to cope with for most of us, Im quite sure. There are so many unknowns with this virus strain, and for now, the world seems to be on a temporary lock-down of sorts, with schools and large events and […]

Categories: Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, Miscellaneous

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