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facing fears

Hugging Through the Fear

May 28, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I am honestly not even certain what this has to do with being widowed, but it sure as hell has to do with death and loss and trauma and fear. Often times, I begin writing not knowing what will come and find that what needed to be cleansed comes to the surface on its own. I suppose, as someone who is learning to mother the child of a widowed person,…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Multiple Losses Tagged With: parent loss, widow, sarah treanor, parenting, widowed growth, facing fears, learning to parent

No Reason to Fear

July 24, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Ever since that horrible day 4 years ago, I have been shoved into every imaginable situation of discomfort. Just like all of you. I’ve been thrust into an oblivion… a war zone of emotions… trying to fight my way through without even knowing which direction I am fighting towards. Fighting in the dark. Wandering. Scared. Trying to survive.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowhood, death, risk, growth, learning, taking risks, widow, fear, sarah treanor, writer, loss, facing fears, grief, do what scares you, lessons

Doing It Anyway: Pushing Through Fear

November 21, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

 So my latest update on moving and homesickness and new places: it still fucking sucks. Don’t get me wrong, being close to Mike is wonderful… and things could not be better between us. The joy he brings into my world is immeasurable. But as the weeks go on in this new landscape, other things are actually feeling worse, not better.  Things are…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: struggling to figure it out, moving, widow, sarah treanor, Mike Welker, coping with change, facing fears, pushing through fear, homesickness, grief and new changes

The Big Move

October 25, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’m writing this somewhere between Nashville and Louisville, on the big move from Texas to Ohio to be with Mike. We’ve been on the road since yesterday, and while today has been a far better day with more feelings of excitement, I wanted to share the really raw feelings I wrote out yesterday… because this is a very real and painful part of this…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: new life, facing fears, letting go, leaving, new layers, packing, moving, widow, sarah treanor, loss, grief

33 Years in 40 Minutes

October 18, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

It’s Sunday afternoon as I type this, and I’m on a 4 hour layover in Denver on my way back to Texas. I have spent the past 3 days in Portland for a conference on death and dying – where I stood up for the first time and did a presentation about my story with death and how creativity has helped me. What an experience it has been. Almost a year ago…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: widow, sarah treanor, loss, grief, facing fears, presentation, public speaking, sharing our stories, creativity, DeathOK Conference, Portland

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