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Reliving the Worst

Posted on: February 27, 2023 | Posted by: Emily Vielhauer

I try not to relive the trauma of the day our lives changed forever too often. The memories are seared into my brain and are always there to conjure if prompted. I do my best to let them lay because they are so painful to hold on the surface for too long. Yesterday, a friend […]

Categories: Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Suicide

Cheering On Our Team

Posted on: January 30, 2023 | Posted by: Emily Vielhauer

Yesterday was a big day for my city. In two weeks, my beloved Chiefs are headed back to the biggest football game. Like the week before, I gathered with my neighborhood crew to watch the game. If you didn’t watch, the game was a nailbiter. In the end, our team pulled through and across town […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly

Greek Tragedy

Posted on: January 23, 2023 | Posted by: Emily Vielhauer

Losing Tony hasn’t really made me question who I am as a person, but it has made me question how I should spend my time. As a couple, we each participated in activities that the other person wouldn’t sign up for alone. I’ve been to NASCAR races, BBQ contests, and attempted to fish. None of […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Suicide, Uncategorized

Vacationing Without Him

Posted on: January 9, 2023 | Posted by: Emily Vielhauer

After the success of surprising my kids last year with a Christmas trip to Orlando, I decided to try it again this year. On Christmas morning, they woke up to a scavenger hunt that revealed we were going to Jamaica for 6 days over the holiday break. This time we had a few days before […]

Categories: Widowed Parenting, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Suicide, Uncategorized

Tapping in to The “Terrible Two-Year”

Posted on: January 7, 2023 | Posted by: Lisa Begin-Kruysman

Posting here each Saturday has been an incredible opportunity. I love when someone tells me they’ve shared my post(s) with someone else who’s lost a spouse or experienced another kind of significant loss. Even those who haven’t have expressed their appreciation for the insight they’ve derived from some of these posts. That is what keeps […]

Categories: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses

Another Suicide Loss

Posted on: December 19, 2022 | Posted by: Emily Vielhauer

Last week, news broke that Stephen “tWitch” Boss died by suicide. As a survivor of suicide loss, each time I hear of someone else dying this way I feel a little crushed. It’s like my brain can’t process how or why this keeps happening to people. The subsequent days filled my news feeds with things […]

Categories: Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Suicide

Songbird

Posted on: December 4, 2022 | Posted by: Kelley Lynn

Thats how I feel. Blah. For the past couple of months or so, my body feels blah and tired and just drained, I guess. I’ve been having trouble getting out emotions. Its weird, but I got really sad about the death of Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie. Its not like I know her personally or anything. […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Miscellaneous

Thankful and bitter.

Posted on: November 25, 2022 | Posted by: Victoria Helmly

At the time of year when we traditionally pause to give thanks and reflect on the things we are grateful for, I often feel like a bitter person. I feel like everyone else is so full of gratitude, even amidst pain and loss, and I am just…not.  The truth is, I am grateful for so […]

Categories: Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Suicide

100 years to live.

Posted on: November 18, 2022 | Posted by: Victoria Helmly

This weekend I went to a family friend’s 100th birthday celebration. I think it was the first time I’d ever been to a 100th birthday party and I am so glad I was able to be there. This woman is very special to me and my family, and someone who has touched so many lives […]

Categories: Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Suicide

Stress Manifested

Posted on: October 24, 2022 | Posted by: Emily Vielhauer

Last Monday, I was feeling a small sense of calm after weeks of high stress. I’d been stressed with the daily tasks of parenting and adulting my household alone. While grieving heavily as the longevity of this loss came into focus. Monday afternoon I sat down in the chair at my hairstylist because shocking, these […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Suicide, Miscellaneous

Remembering the fun.

Posted on: October 14, 2022 | Posted by: Victoria Helmly

Sometimes I get so caught up in the sadness, shock, and trauma of Boris’s death that I forget how much fun we had. The memories that flood my brain are often of fights or things I should have said or should have done differently. Regret and “what ifs” are common. And, I think because of […]

Categories: Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Suicide

Some days I still can’t believe it.

Posted on: October 8, 2022 | Posted by: Victoria Helmly

Sometimes it still takes my breath away. The realization that he is gone. That he is never coming back. That one minute he was here, and the next he was not here. It still stops me in my tracks sometimes. Days can come and go, and he is always on my mind, but most days […]

Categories: Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Suicide

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