Widow's Voice

Following Father’s Day

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Dan Neff cradling an infant grandchild with love.

Here you are

on display

so many years after the fact.

 

Having been only

four tiny pounds yourself,

you grew larger than life.

 

You had the strength

to be immutable

and the grace to be

tender.

 

Tough

and

Tender.

 

A combination for

life.

 

Seeing this photo

undoes me.

 

Missing your

strong hugs

undoes me.

 

Having been loved

by you

completes me.

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