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Sunset at Clearwater

March 19, 2023 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

So, as you are all probably tired of me saying and tired of reading about, I was unable to attend Camp Widow Tampa and do my presentation this year, which is/was this weekend. Right about now, as I write this, campers are gathering inside the Marriott Hotel for the Farewell Breakfast Brunch – taking some […]

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My friend Faye

March 12, 2023 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

So yesterday I found out that a woman who was/is part of the Soaring Spirits widowed community, has died. Her name is Faye Beck Fleming, and I found out when another friend in the widowed community, Alison, private messaged me and told me. At the time, I was in my car driving home from the […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Faye Beck Fleming, widowed friends, tribe, camp widow, widowed friendships, secondary losses

ONE WIDOW’s ABC’s

April 5, 2022 by Kathie Neff 1 Comment

FROM THE CAMP WIDOW EXPERIENCE A – ALLOWING myself to need help was harder to do than one might think. It allowed me to receive. B – BY the time I arrived at my second camp, it was not long before I found a familiar face and a warm hug. C – CARING for myself […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones Tagged With: Tampa, widowed emotions, A B C'S of Camp Widow, camp widow, reflecting back

THE WONDER OF A CAMP FOR WIDOWED PEOPLE

October 20, 2021 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

coffee cup titled Badass Widow

The Wonder of Peer Support. This past weekend, I attended Camp Widow as a newly widowed person where you immediately feel that people understand your feelings. Peer support is the “process of giving and receiving encouragement and assistance to achieve long-term recovery.” Peer supporters “offer emotional support, share knowledge, teach skills, provide practical assistance, and […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: lovestory, reflecting back, grieving process, widowed emotions, hope for widowed, camp widow

Not What you Think~

November 20, 2019 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

I wish I could post the meme here that had me snorting water through my nose I laughed so hard. Alas! I keep getting an error note, so I’ll have to describe it and you envision it for yourself, okay? The meme was 3 shrouded in black figures, riding one of the old timey merry go rounds. The kind made of metal, and you’d hang on desperately as…

Filed Under: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Community, Military Widowed, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: camp widow, Travel, widowed by cancer, military widowed, friends, widowed community

Window to Grieve

November 17, 2019 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

One week ago, we wrapped up what was easily the busiest Camp Widow I’ve ever taken part in.  In two days, it will be the five year anniversary of Megan’s death. Winter has blown into northeast Ohio early this year, with our first snow coming in before the leaves had even had the chance to fall off of the trees.  The holidays will be here…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: widowed dad, widowed death anniversary, widowed guilt, camp widow, widowed grief triggers, widower, milestones, sadness, widowhood and moving forward

Caretaker

November 3, 2019 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’ve always felt that, 5 years after Megan’s death, I wouldn’t feel like a widow anymore.  Not counting those first few months, when I swore up and down that my life was over and that I would never, ever move forward or be able to love again, I consider myself very realistic.  I have a stable career. Shelby is and always has been…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Widowed Community Tagged With: hope for widowed, widower, widowed signs from our loved ones, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, widowed dad, widowed community, camp widow

Loss Connections

November 1, 2019 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Next week I will be attending Camp Widow in Toronto, Canada.  I will be presenting two workshops there. One is my usual “My Husband Is Not a Rainbow” comedic presentation about grief and loss.  The other is called “Widowed Improv.” Basically, we will be playing fun improvisation theatre games. With widowed people.  This will be the 3rd or 4th…

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Hello Goodbye

August 27, 2019 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Since the spring of 2015, I have written here every Tuesday (well, “most” every Tuesday).  I’ve shared my story from just a few months after losing Megan, to now. Having four plus years of what can only amount to a public “journal” has been both surreal and incredibly healing.   Oftentimes, it’s hard to recall just how “raw” I…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Community Tagged With: widowed new love, dating, camp widow, widower, milestones, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, widowed parenting, widowed dad

When Things are Hard …

June 7, 2019 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Things are hard.  Life is hard.  Sometimes I am convinced that life is much harder for some than for others.  Sometimes it feels like I can never get a break.  Sometimes it feels like I will always struggle and things will always be really hard, and that is just how my life will be.  I dont know.  None of this is fact.  Just feelings. …

Filed Under: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: widowed depression, widowed grief triggers, healing for widowed, anxiety, sadness, family, friends, dating, camp widow, widowed fears

Call Me Anytime

May 5, 2019 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I watched the first episode of a new show on Netflix this morning called Dead to Me. In the episode, two women meet at a grief group, both widows. They end up building a new friendship as late night phone buddies since neither of them are able to sleep. The show goes on to take a lot of unexpected twists and turns (and believe me you should so…

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Community Tagged With: hope for widowed, healing for widowed, newly widowed, friends, widowed community, camp widow

It Never Gets Old

March 29, 2019 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Being a widow – it gets old really fast.  There are days and weeks and hours where I want to scream out to the universe or whoever cares:  “IM SO OVER THIS!!! WHEN WILL THIS WIDOW THING END???”  But it wont end. He will always be dead, so I will always be his widow.  And truly, it is my honor, because it means we are forever connected.  But…

Filed Under: Widowed Community Tagged With: camp widow

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