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5+ years

Meeting Myself Where I Am

April 22, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’ve been thinking the past few days about Kelley’s Friday post. She talked about how people treat us when widowed, and the frustrations of often being treated like a five year old or misunderstood in some way. Or how people begin to act differently again once you find new love. That one I can definitely attest to. I wrote to her, saying how it…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: artist, expressing grief, sarah treanor, loss, grief, living on, new love, photography, Expectations, 5+ years

Galaxies within Us

December 31, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Nearing New Year’s, of course we’re all looking back. Or maybe some of us aren’t because we don’t want to – or we just can’t. I imagine a lot of us are ready to leave 2017 in the dust. I certainly am. Not perhaps in the same way I was ready to leave 2012 in the dust…  that was more about running away from my reality and my pain. This…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: grief, living on, widowhood, 5+ years, new year, five years, reflecting, milestones, widow, sarah treanor, loss

Like Tomorrow Never Comes

June 25, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Last night, Mike and I went to a concert. It was a surprise I gave him, to see one of his favorite bands. The entire night was incredible… one of those magical nights you remember forever. The joy in Mike’s eyes was palpable. No one had ever surprised him with such a wonderful gift before he said, and you could just feel the joy and love…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One Tagged With: widow, sarah treanor, grief, 5+ years, Signs, eclipse, live in the moment, live fully, sun

Bleeding Out the Pain

January 15, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Last week I shared about feeling like some new layers of my grief are beginning to thaw as we shifted the calendar into what is my 5th year on this journey. I was pretty teary the week before, but it wasn’t until this past week that the breakdown came. Quite honestly, I’m glad for it. It was such a release. I don’t even know why it came when…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: 5+ years, five years, bereavement, angry, widow, pissed off, sarah treanor, feeling pain, loss, allowing emotion, grief, breakdown, lessons, death, anger

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