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Solo Motherhood

Posted on: May 20, 2025 | Posted by: Diana Mosson

As summer draws near and we are at the finish line for yet another school year, the weight of being a solo parent has been even more apparent lately. First, it started with research and enrollment for kindergarten. The official public school days are about to begin, and I couldn’t wrap my head around it. […]

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

Sundays are the Most Nostalgic

Posted on: May 18, 2025 | Posted by: Grace Villafuerte

Sunday afternoons are sometimes still the most nostalgic and bittersweet times. I frequently have packed weekends, often a little too “peopley.” And it is a relief to get to Sunday evening, to pause, rest, and get into that somewhat resistant mindset of, “the weekend is over and Monday is looming.” My bones still remember with […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed

a red and white teardrop trailer and a black jeep wrangler

Solo Traveling

Posted on: May 16, 2025 | Posted by: Sherry Holub

I’m currently on a 4 day outing on the Oregon coast and typing this post up from my little teardrop trailer. On the drive out here on Wednesday, it occurred to me that I’m not really “camping” in the old sense of the word. No, I’m basically just traveling and living in my little home […]

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Chalkboard with someone's bucket list.

A 2012 Facebook Post . . .

Posted on: May 13, 2025 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

. . . how I’m doing on that list. Some 13 years past, the Facebook posts saved as “memories” are interesting to read. My Grandmother passed away at 83 on Holy Saturday. My Aunt Cissie passed away at 99 on Good Friday (April 6, 2012 at 5am). That leaves Easter Sunday for me at 105…when […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community

Friendship is an Honor

Posted on: May 12, 2025 | Posted by: Emily Vielhauer

Saturday, I had the pleasure of catching up with two of my friends from college. One friend lives locally but we don’t see each other nearly often as we should. My other friend lives in a coastal city out east. I hadn’t seen her in 3 years, but they hadn’t seen each other in 10 […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Suicide, Miscellaneous

A Car as a Time Capsule

Posted on: May 11, 2025 | Posted by: Grace Villafuerte

Lynn and I met a year before we were officially a couple. For a year, we steadily became closer friends. (Honestly, I was secretly dating her for that year, but she didn’t know it…) Lynn bought a brand new, Silver, 2005 Toyota Scion xA that year. Her Golden Retriever had passed away shortly before she […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Belongings, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Miscellaneous

A happy guy with a wine glass sitting outside

New Traditions

Posted on: May 9, 2025 | Posted by: Sherry Holub

(Originally posted this in 2024 for Mario’s birthday. I didn’t get to really celebrate this year because I had too many client meetings that day, but am hoping to pick the tradition back up next year.) Just about anyone who’s lost someone will tell you that birthdays of that lost person are tough. Birthdays just […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous

Wanderlust

Posted on: May 6, 2025 | Posted by: Diana Mosson

A repost! Last week the twins and I returned from my first solo flight with them since Erik’s passing. I had been anticipating this flight for quite some time. All the worries that come with being a solo parent at home seemed so trivial compared to all the worries I had about traveling alone with […]

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

Me Day

Posted on: May 5, 2025 | Posted by: Emily Vielhauer

I took a last-minute vacation day last week to spend the day alone. The decision came after looking at the calendar and realizing almost every day between now and the end of school is occupied with kid activities. Once school is over, I’ll have three feral boys in my space all day, every day. I […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Widowed by Suicide

My Evolving Relationship with Old Routines

Posted on: May 4, 2025 | Posted by: Grace Villafuerte

I started running again the past week. My usual route, 3 miles around the lake a few minutes from my house, and the neighborhood I grew up in. This has been my usual nightly running route on and off for the past 15+ years, though it’s a trail I have been traversing since I was […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Therapy, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Miscellaneous

A rose bud broken into many pieces on the ground.

The Liminal Space

Posted on: April 30, 2025 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

Of Loss I’m writing today from a disoriented space of transition. A liminal space. It is said that grief is such a place. The location of disorientation today is loss. It is a practical loss; yet, still a condition worthy of discussion for those in grief. Prior to losing Dan, I would have criticized myself […]

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

Back to Therapy

Posted on: April 28, 2025 | Posted by: Emily Vielhauer

In response to feeling overwhelmed lately, I have been buying books and exploring therapy options. It started with ‘The Let Them Theory’ by Mel Robbins a few months ago and I wrote a post on that. Now I’m reading ‘What Happened To You?’ by Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. and Oprah Winfrey. I have made […]

Categories: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Widowed Therapy, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Suicide

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