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January 7, 2020 by Emma Pearson Leave a Comment

Today is Friday 3rd January 2020. 3/1/2020 Or 1/3/2020 if you’re somewhere in North America, but that looks plain wrong to me. And anyway, that would be my dad’s birthday, 1st March. Not my uncle’s birthday, 3rd January. Both healthy, sporty, fit 81-year old men. 82 now for my uncle.  Today is 1000 days since Mike died. In about ten minutes,…

Filed Under: Widowed Milestones, Multiple Losses Tagged With: time, Child Loss, widowed, multiple losses, ashes

Return to Sender

June 15, 2019 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

So you are having a great day. Your future is brightening. The birthday of your passed person is on the horizon so you book two trips to help you through the day and allow yourself to get away and enjoy life. You don’t want to be alone and think of the 43 candles he won’t be blowing out with you this year. You don’t have to stress about…

Filed Under: Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Miscellaneous Tagged With: LGBTQ Widowed, widowed sadness, funerals, memorial, ashes

History Repeats Itself All Too Often Too Soon

July 7, 2018 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

Since losing Tin, I look to each new week as a new horizon that will bring brighter days. This is my fourth post and I thought, maybe by now, my blog would have small sparks of settlement in the chaos. I guess it is good to hope but bad to assume. A very fine line that I often fail to recognize these days. I’ll keep the faith that those brighter…

Filed Under: Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: 4th of july, goodbyes, widowed depression, widowed sadness, ashes, bryan martin, widowed loneliness, anniversary, LGBQT Widowed, approaching anniversary

An Unexpected Return Home

June 23, 2018 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

Well I made it. I made it through the first wedding since Tin passed only two months ago and it was followed by the next day being the first Father’s Day without my father. There were times I couldn’t hold back the tears and times I couldn’t catch my breath. I felt like a stranded fish. How ironic to be a crying stranded fish that needs salt…

Filed Under: Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Home, weddings, LGBQT Widowed, widowed and weddings, loved one's ashes, illness, secondary losses, anxiety, returning home, ashes, worry, bryan martin

I’m Just Here

May 19, 2016 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

It was overcast and a little muggy this past Saturday in Kona as I roused myself early to get ready. I went about my morning routine with a heavy heart, not looking forward to what the day held in store. Funerals and weddings are tough for widowed people, right up there with holidays and anniversaries. But I remembered what it was like that morning…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Suddenly, Miscellaneous Tagged With: suddenly widowed, young widow, widowed, memorial, ashes, widow, scattering ashes, stephanie vendrell, funeral

A Not-So Empty Palette

February 4, 2016 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

I pulled a Mike the other day. I was listening to someone playing the flute on a video and went looking for his little wooden flute to try and play it.   That was Mike; he had all kinds of silly instruments around and was always trying to play them, especially after hearing something particularly moving or beautiful. He had moments of beauty…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: stuff, things, belongings, shrine, young widow, widowed, ashes, widow, stephanie vendrell, suddenly widowed

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