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Bizarre Birthday

November 10, 2018 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

I’m sitting at the airport this morning headed to spend the weekend with my best friend from junior high. It’s my 40th birthday weekend and I’m all over the place in my head. Today’s blog is more of a list of competing emotions rather than a discussion or story…Sometimes bullet points get “the point” across better.  See what I did…

Filed Under: Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Miscellaneous Tagged With: LGBTQ Widowed, bryan martin, widowed mixed emotions, birthday, Celebrations

Long Time no See

September 23, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The thing most people don’t get about losing your partner is that you also lose a part of yourself when they die. You lose aspects of who you were with them. You lose a lot of your innocence, without having any choice in the matter. You grieve a loss of your own self. This sudden identity change was an equally painful part of losing my fiance six…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Milestones Tagged With: milestones, widow, sarah treanor, birthday, finding joy again, widowhood, discoveries, Old Self, six years

Getting Older Doesn’t Suck

August 30, 2018 by Olivia Arnold Leave a Comment

I originally wrote this post last year and have revised it a bit to reflect my current feelings. Happy Birthday to me! Enjoy! I hear it all the time…”another year older, urgh,” “I hate getting older,” “I hate my birthday and the reminder I’m getting old,” “getting older sucks.” I use to be one of these people. I cried on my 10th…

Filed Under: Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: birthday, expressions of grief, olivia arnold

Mountain Salve

July 24, 2018 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Today, Megan would have been 37 years old.  This is the fourth birthday since her death, and I can confidently say that they have gotten a bit easier.  I’m not a ball of snot and tears, or missing her any more than I already do. She’s s imply “in focus” today.  There is no other way to describe it but “in focus”.  On any given day,…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Birthdays Tagged With: Mike Welker, widower with children, Pride, Vacation, Honeymoon, widower, birthday

Happy Belated

April 3, 2018 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Hey man,   Sorry I didn’t write you sooner.  As fate would have it, your birthday was last Wednesday, and this just happens to be the best forum for me to do this, albeit only on Tuesdays.  Sue me. Anyway, this is the third year in a row that I’ve given you a birthday letter.  Last year, it was about cake and bacon beer (of which I did NOT…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Birthdays, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widower with children, Celebration, new relationships, Letter, Legacy, Tradition, widower, birthday, Mike Welker

Having All Your Birthdays in One Day

March 18, 2018 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

It’s his birthday this week.  March 22nd.  On this day, I will always “celebrate” Mike.  There will never be a March 22nd that I don’t spend with him.  On his birthday I purposefully choose to remember the way he lived.  I  celebrate the life and love we shared together.  This is how I try to honor him everyday – not just on his birthday. …

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Birthdays Tagged With: birthdays, birthday, StaciSulin, Honoring, honor

Damn the Torpedoes

October 24, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The excitement of new. The knowing of strife. The frustration of sickness. The commitment for life. The determination to protect. The joy of more days. The newness of health. The fear it won’t stay. The sliver of hope. The knowledge of none. The witnessing a demise. The grief that begun.  We struggle, we cry. Anxious, we fear. As time marches…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Birthdays, Miscellaneous Tagged With: new love, Metaphors, Second Chapter, Poem, No Instructions, Sayings, Moving On, widower, birthday, Mike Welker

White Noise

July 25, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’m going to (try to) keep this short, simple, and to-the-point.  Megan’s birthday was yesterday…the third since her death.  She would have been 36, which, for someone born in the early 80’s with Cystic Fibrosis, is twice the normal life expectancy.   The first thing I thought of when I opened my eyes in the morning yesterday was…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Milestones, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widower, birthday, Mike Welker, widower with children, time, perspective, 3 years, White Noise, Adaptation

Cake and Beer

March 28, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

In honor of Sarah’s late-fiance’s birthday, I’ve decided to write him a letter, man to man.  It’s something I haven’t done in awhile, and today, of all days, seems most appropriate.     Hey man, So, today’s your birthday.  It’s kinda hard to believe you would have been only 33 years old.  You had way too much left to do.  Hell,…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: Letters, Drew, toasts, widower, friends, birthday, Mike Welker, loss, memorials, cliches

Being Here Now

March 16, 2017 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

The day before this posts is my birthday. I am now 49. Mike was 45 when we met; I was 31. It’s hard to imagine I am that old now, and I spend a lot of time thinking back to Mike at my age. And I remember all the birthdays we spent together…I have kept all of the cards we gave each other. We always did something special, but he made me feel…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: changes, stephanie vendrell, young widow, moving, birthday, grief

The Strongest I have Been

October 15, 2016 by Kaiti Wallace Leave a Comment

The day began with tears. Its brutally unfair were my thoughts. He should be here! Where is he? My stomach in tight knots I felt physically ill. He would have been 30. The day was spent with family. Reminiscing and sharing stories. Keeping busy, we laughed, we ate, and we supported each other. Sending balloons up into the clouds the physically sick…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: birthday, love, Courage, grief, strength, denial, depression, young widow, inspiration, anxiety, Motivation, widow, hope

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

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