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Spending Time Alone, Then and Now

November 3, 2024 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Hello Sunday Readers, Today is a rare day off where I don’t have to leave my apartment or do anything. I have things to get done around my place, but I can stay in my pajamas and take my time with my To-do list, and have the kitty in my lap a good part of […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: early loss, deep grief, chaos, eating alone., anxiety, Stress, widowed life, time alone

Camp Widow Serendipity in 2025

September 25, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

CW bus on water in Seattle.

… two stories, one in process. … a story from 2023.                                          Two widows, two rocks, two husbands—integrity twice remembered. It was September of 2022 in Denver at the local community college. A widow, finding no […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Newly Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: hope for widowed, healing for widowed, anxiety, Travel, widowhood and moving forward, newly widowed, widowed, widowed community

Progress Not Perfection

September 4, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Yellow lab on guard in her yard. Sitting alert.

In Life and In Widow-Dog Training   PART three Last night, I took this picture of Indy as she watched over her territory. This morning, she moved into action mode over the dangerous action of me looking out the window!  A light yellow flash of 70 pounds of athletic animal leaping through the doggie door; […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: #Widowed Pets, widowed fears, hope for widowed, healing for widowed, anxiety, widowhood and moving forward

Watching and Waiting

June 5, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Three tiny raccoon babies.

The Raccoon Saga Continues I think they’re gone.   As I examine the clues of how they arrived, it seems they are gone. The urgency I felt (fear?) and signs of their presence brought a low level panic in my psyche. Why? Because I love animals and even though I know their presence could be […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: hope for widowed, healing for widowed, anxiety, family, friends

The Dance of Life in the Garden

May 29, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Back yard with green grass and bushes.

  . . . and sometimes, under the house. It is in the garden that life and death arrive on the regular. I witness living and dying primarily in the plants, grasses and weeds that come and go. I’m ever aware that when I pay attention, the garden is a valuable teacher. As a small […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: hope for widowed, healing for widowed, anxiety

The Many Masks of Grief

May 8, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

A pile of varying Mardi Gras masks.

. . . my story   What am I feeling? Bad. I feel bad. Am I experiencing this feeling from a lack of sleep? Have I eaten?   I’m feeling depressed. Is this feeling related to another step in my grief? Another reality check? (I check the calendar…is this an anniversary my body is remembering?) […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed sadness, envy and widowhood, widowed guilt, widowed suddenly, widowed depression, widower, healing for widowed, anxiety, Widowed Lonliness, widowhood and moving forward

An Eye Opener:

May 1, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Black woman whose husband died fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR).

Worldwide Widowed Communities   What took me to stories about widowed folk around the world?   Just returned from a mini-vacay where I had no responsibilities other than showing up for the fun. Arriving home to my regular routine, settling into the normal challenges of my post-Dan-life, I found myself wondering about the lives of […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Military Widowed, Widowed Suddenly, Multiple Losses Tagged With: hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, anxiety, widowhood and moving forward, widowed

Facing Ambush

April 24, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Person peeking around the door into a dark room

Part of the Work of Grief Sometimes your feelings are right. You need to take a chill pill, slow down, hang out with friends, and cry your heart out. Other times, they need to be corrected. What you need to do then is examine your emotions, separate false from truth, make a plan for refreshing, […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed fears, widowed depression, widowed grief triggers, milestones, healing for widowed, anxiety, sadness

Facing Fear

March 13, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Person in forest at dusk.

A Conversation   I see you, fear. I see you once again and say ‘hey’ formidable crafty opposer.   Mess-making friend who turns the neatly arranged inner furniture up-side-down and brings all manner of havoc to me— unbidden.   You arrive at my door in many costumes; posing beneath a plethora of masks and feelings; […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: hope for widowed, young widow, healing for widowed, anxiety, widowed suddenly

Sleep Remedy

March 5, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Journal open with hand flipping through the pages.

Up at night?   What to do? Stare at the ceiling? Worry? Go online? Or try something new . . .   A stream of consciousness writing exercise called Writing Practice.   Created by a writing teacher for those who love to write but don’t know what to write about.   Here’s how it works […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: hope for widowed, healing for widowed, anxiety, Widowed Lonliness, memories

Healing Support Tools: The Labyrinth

May 31, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

woman standing at the edge of a small outdoor labyrinth.

Labyrinths represent a journey or path to our own center and back again. The labyrinth serves as a metaphor for life’s journey. —Healing Consciousness Foundation What is a labyrinth? There are many definitions for the word “labyrinth”. One simple way to explain it is “a series of circuitous paths that lead to the center and […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed fears, hope for widowed, widowed depression, healing for widowed, anxiety, widowhood and moving forward

Here Comes Everybody

May 24, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

table awaiting guests in a restaurant

When my children were little, our youngest son always seemed to make a friend wherever he went. The library, in the aisles of the grocery store, or even while waiting for a prescription at the pharmacy. He was wired for seeing children in his world as “little-while friends.” When I attended Camp Widow, not long […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: widowed fears, hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, anxiety, memories, widowed community

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