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A Wolf in Family Clothing

August 18, 2018 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

Over the river and through the woods, Tin’s Aunt had come down to see him before he passed and to help his mother handle a mother’s worst nightmare losing a child. She watched him grow, watched him thrive and now held him as he faded away. I can’t imagine and it seems unholy although if Jesus’ mother had to go through it than who am I to…

Filed Under: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widowhood and guilt, widowhood and anger, Money, LGBQT Widowed, anger, widow money, guilt, LGBTQ Widowed, family, bryan martin

Envious

May 24, 2018 by Olivia Arnold Leave a Comment

I once heard a phrase that if all the world’s problems were in a bag you would be trying to pick back your own. At the time I thought well of course, my problems are miniscule. Now I think that clearly wasn’t written by a young widow. I know there are still worse problems than mine; people who deal with major issues on top of being widowed and…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions Tagged With: sadness, widowed sadness, widowed anger, widowhood and anger, anger, widowed jealousy, jealousy

My Husband Died and All I Got Was This Lousy Book

April 6, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

In July of 2011, my husband died, and I died too. Well, that version of me died. About an hour after his death, after I had made the phone calls to immediate family and a few close friends – from a random bathroom inside the ER part of the hospital, sitting on the toilet after having just thrown up from shock – I sent my first Facebook status…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: widowed loneliness, widowhood and anger, writing, anger, widowed writing, lonely, loneliness, sadness, widowed sadness

We Didn’t Win

November 13, 2017 by Wendy Saint-Onge Leave a Comment

My youngest daughter is 16.  She was 13 years old when she found out her Dad was dying.  She was 14 when he actually died.  I’m sure it goes without saying that every moment of her life since the day she found out he was sick has been a challenge.  A challenge that most adults would be unable to manage, and yet this girl manages.  She is…

Filed Under: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: anger, wendy saint-onge, Ben The Titan, lottery, teens, friends, lessons

Devolve

January 31, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’m a mess lately.  Around the start of this past holiday season, I began regressing to a point where I am again a cynical, grumpy, and in general, angry person.  It has nothing to do with Sarah, Shelby, work, or even the holidays, really.  It truly does have everything to do with the fact that Megan is no longer here.   It’s not her death,…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Mike Welker, Devolve, Old Self, anger, Marriage, jealousy, counseling, grumpy, Issues, Unresolved, widower, Temper, Stress, Evolve

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: anger, 5+ years, five years, bereavement, angry, widow, pissed off, sarah treanor, feeling pain, loss, allowing emotion, grief, breakdown, lessons, death

Day Of Birth

October 8, 2016 by Kaiti Wallace Leave a Comment

Day of birth. A day to celebrate life, at least it use to be. The person I was prior to grief made a big fuss over birthdays. Now I only wish I could fast forward past the day all together. Escape the impending date somehow. He would have turned 30.   I would have thrown a surprise party, filling our home with orange helium balloons, but more than…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: coping, widowed with children, anger, young widow, Numb, anxiety, memories, widowed, widow, birthday, loss, grief

He Was My Addiction

October 1, 2016 by Kaiti Wallace Leave a Comment

How did he pass away? It’s a question I have hated answering. Up until now I’ve avoided that question out of fear of being judged. I recently read an inspiring article by Elizabeth Ann titled “Dear Judgy Lady on Facebook”. It bought tears to my eyes and made me look at myself and think, where is my backbone! Elizabeth gave me the courage to…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: stigmas, widow, compassion, love, grief, death, anger, denial, depression, overdose, grief support, addiction, young widow

Our First Father’s Day

September 10, 2016 by Kaiti Wallace Leave a Comment

  For the past month it has been difficult to ignore the father’s day cards that existed on stands in shopping centres almost everywhere I looked. Mentally trying to prepare for the day “it’s just another day, no different from any other”.   When the day arrived I woke with that mindset, it’s just another day. I called my dad to wish him…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: love, ptsd, life, misshim, future, families, anger, dads, jealousy, special occassions, depression, young widow, Father's Day, anxiety, gifts, memories, longing, widowed, children, widow, widow with children

Today I am Ok But Not Everyday

September 3, 2016 by Kaiti Wallace Leave a Comment

Usually I would write a blog post separate from my personal blog for Widows Voice. However this week has been a rough one, we all have them. Rather than write a totally new post I want to share a post I wrote earlier in the week that shows the dark side of grief. The side that most feel they need to hide. I want to tell you, it’s ok to not be ok!…

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: Alone, young widow, Not Ok, anxiety, newly widowed, widow, hope, grief, anger, understanding, denial, depression

My Happiness List

August 27, 2016 by Kaiti Wallace Leave a Comment

Over the weekend I attended John’s son’s swimming lesson. He jumped off the diving board for the first time. Every first brings with it pride for my children along with the inevitable thought, John is missing out or we are missing out on experiencing this first with him. Whichever way you look at it, it’s unfair that he is not here. I left…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: happiness, challenges, strength, Positivity, healing, young widow, suddenly widowed, widow, widow with children, Courage, New Start, loss, grief, anger

The Road to Forgiveness

October 9, 2015 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

The face of grief is always changing. Grief never ends – it just shifts and changes, over and over and over again. The past few months, my grief tsunami has turned into something very different than ever before. I almost want to call it “profound”, but that sounds too pompous. I do feel as if this past year or so, I have been able to dig deeper…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Signs, resentment, letting go, young widow, forgiveness, widow, Brene Brown, kelley lynn, shifts, lessons, changes in grief, anger, signs from my husband, grief therapist, growth, friendship

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