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Disease

Appreciating a Disease’s Lessons

January 10, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The other day I received a text message from a friend of mine, who happens to have Cystic Fibrosis herself.  This friend was there for Megan and I when Megan was going through her 6 month decline, and I can’t describe enough how she (and her husband) went above and beyond for us.   They would visit at the drop of a hat, when I just needed an…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Silver Linings, Disease, widower, organ transplant, Long Term Illness, lung transplant, friends, Mike Welker, widower with children, help, lessons, Cystic Fibrosis, death

Legacy of a Tree

June 14, 2016 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The American Chestnut is a large, stately, useful tree.  At one time, over a quarter of the eastern American woods were populated by this tree.  The wood is rot resistant, the nuts are delicious, and even the oils in its bark has medicinal properties. Nobody wanted to see the Chestnut go away, and it didn’t want to die off.  Over eons it…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Therapy, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Long Term Illness, Mike Welker, widower with children, Metaphors, Nature, Legacy, Disease, widower

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