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death anniversary

Year Five… It is not what you think

November 7, 2021 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

Mike’s 5th death date is November 15th, 2021.  For the last four years, I have always had a heaviness in my heart when Fall came around because it meant the anniversary of the worst day of my life was looming.  This year, I don’t feel dread about his death date.  The truth is, I don’t feel anything really.  This is not easy to admit because it makes me feel like a bad widow.  It makes me feel like people will think I didn’t love him.  And, worst of all it makes me wonder if I am less devoted to him than I thought I was.  

I feel sad that I am not sad.  All these new and uncomfortable thoughts make me feel out of sorts.  I am wrestling with my emotions because I don’t feel heartbroken the way I have in years past; but, I am grateful because this is far less challenging to sort out than the raw grief I felt in other Novembers.  As I approach my fifth year without him, I don’t feel an endless longing for him anymore.  Instead, I feel a type of acceptance. 

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: death anniversary, New Relationship, widowed days leading to death anniversary

Navigating My New Normal

June 16, 2018 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

It’s been 7 shorts weeks since I lost my Partner of 4 yrs. – Clayton, or as my family calls him “Tin”.  Right now I am sitting, ironically, at the Atlanta airport on a layover to go home to Boston for my cousin’s wedding. Tin and I met in Atlanta and left the city to move to the beach, get married and make a life. Everyone has been…

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Anniversaries, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Miscellaneous Tagged With: LGBQT Widowed, death anniversary, widowed attending wedding, newly widowed, bryan martin, Wedding

New Life, Old Life

July 3, 2015 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

If I’m being 100% honest, which I always am in my writing about loss, there are actually two of me. Version One of me was born on September 26, 1971, and she died on July 13, 2011. Version Two of me was born on the same day, within seconds even, of version one’s tragic death. Version One never saw it coming. A massive heart-attack took her husband…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Widowed Therapy, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: therapy, kelley lynn, grief, movies, 4th of july, death anniversary, Signs, making plans, sudden death, young widow, grief triggers, widowed, picnics

It’s June

June 2, 2015 by Kerryl Murray McGlennon Leave a Comment

That means my anniversary run… The 4th marks 4 years since our wedding day. The 11th marks 6 years since we met The 14th marks 3 years since Ian died. Come the 18th, he’ll have been gone loner than I knew him.I was talking to some people at church this week, and found I can easily rattle off how long it’s been since Ian died, but I really…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: death anniversary, 3 years, aussie widow, kerryl McGlennon, Pregnancy after loss, widowed parenting, widow, wedding anniversary, widowed by illness

Moving Forward

June 23, 2010 by Janine Eggers Leave a Comment

…. is different from moving on. Moving on implies forgetting what is past. Moving forward is more difficult. It involves carrying the past with you while you walk forward one step at a time. Never forgetting, but continuing to breathe and live. Some days I can accomplish this. Some days I can’t. Some days the past feels too heavy to carry with…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Anniversaries Tagged With: widow, widowed healing, moving forward, death anniversary, janine eggers

The Death Anniversary

September 1, 2009 by Michelle Dippel Leave a Comment

There are lots of fun observations to be made about the picture above…let’s not go there 😉 What I love about this picture is that it reminds me of a great day on a great vacation with a great friend. I think I’ve said before that I sometimes have to remind myself of all the good things and make a list. It’s always a long list of good things, and…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Anniversaries Tagged With: death anniversary, widowed perspective, michelle dippel-dahlberg, widowhood and healing, widowhood and moving forward, widow

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