Widow's Voice

Fall

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autumn

leaves

turn colors

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as

summer leaves us

 

fall’s

cool nights

arrive;

 

 

 

 

 

a

smell

of

cinnamon

nutmeg

and

memories

surround.

 

 

I fall

as

fall

arrives;

 

fall

into

the

downward

spiral

of

grief;

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beyond

logic;

 

speeding

 

down

 

down

 

down

 

past

 

hopefulness

 

and

 

endurance

 

into

the

dark

endless

hole

of

grief.

 

– a widow

About Kathie Neff

Kathie Neff was widowed on April 15, 2021. She and her beloved husband, Dan, were high school sweethearts and enjoyed dancing and riding horses together. They lived in gratitude, hope and forgiveness for 50 years and nine months when Dan passed quietly late at night, surrounded by their seven children who, with Kathie, were caring for him in their family home.

Dan and Kathie have been a part of Camp Widow and Soaring Spirits International since its inception, as members of Michele Neff Hernandez’s cadre of helpers from the Neff family.

Kathie believes strongly in the strength and bond that is the gift of community and brings a heart of love for all who have been affected by death and dying.

Long live love. XO