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happy birthday babe

August 24, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

in relation to the years, i feel small marking the memories. i remember when you taught me to light the oven in our first O’Keefe & Merritt stove–light the match, hold the flame to the small hole at the bottom of the oven, turn on the gas. i thought i might blow up the house […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Birthdays Tagged With: memories, family, birthdays

A Guest House – A Birthday –

August 17, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

and Two Questions How is it possible that Dan’s birthday–the second since his death–is already coming up eleven days from now? Surreal. As a mom of seven, I am used to the arrival of ideas from one or another of my children. How to accomplish one solution or another…what flourishes to add–or ways to contain–an […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Milestones Tagged With: milestones, family, widowed holidays, birthdays

Social Media Inspiration

January 24, 2020 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

After awhile, our friends and family don’t get the daily loss reminders we do. I get these strong urges to post on social media and remind them but those posts have evolved into a way to try and help anyone who needs it. This week, as I sit in my car, I just started writting….. It’s been almost 2 years since Clayton passed away. Sometimes it…

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: widower, widowed community, young widow, milestones, healing for widowed, sadness, LGBTQ Widowed, Widowed Lonliness, widowed fears, widowhood and moving forward, hope for widowed, memories, widowed depression, family, widowed grief triggers, friends

The Ghosts of Christmas Past , Present and Future

December 21, 2019 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving was a beast in itself but Christmas can be the kraken in unicorn’s clothing. I love parts of Christmas like the lights, smell of Christmas trees and giving others gifts. It’s the other parts – families gathering, couples under the mistletoe, Hallmark everything that always ends up like a fairytale…Tin was 1000% in with Christmas.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: anxiety, sadness, LGBTQ Widowed, Widowed Lonliness, widowed fears, memories, widowed depression, family, unmarried widow, widowhood and traditions, widowed grief triggers, friends, widower, widowed holidays, young widow, milestones

Happy Birthday to Me

December 2, 2019 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

Today as I type this it is my fourth Birthday as a widow.  Since Mike died I have never celebrated my birthday and felt authentically happy.  I have always deeply felt his absence and my birthday has been difficult at best.  Really, birthdays have never been a big deal to me – even when Mike was alive.  And, I have to admit, he only lived to…

Filed Under: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed Birthdays Tagged With: memories, family, friends, birthdays

Thanks-Grieving

November 30, 2019 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

Last year I could barely walk through the grocery store during the holidays. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite and the thought of even buying ingredients was too much. This year, I told myself that it wasn’t right to stop celebrating. Tin wouldn’t want that at all. So I took a deep breath, swallowed what felt like a rock in my throat and…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: widowed depression, memories, unmarried widow, family, widowed grief triggers, widowhood and traditions, widower, friends, young widow, widowed holidays, milestones, anxiety, sadness, LGBTQ Widowed, Widowed Lonliness, widowed fears, widowhood and moving forward

What Now?…

November 6, 2019 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

This blog is a question for the Universe, I suppose. Because I don’t believe that there is a human alive, who has gone through this widowed life, who would have a ready answer for me. I’ve stood in the middle of nowhere and cast my eyes up into azure blue skies… I’ve stood outside on the darkest of dark nights with no light pollution around and…

Filed Under: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Emotions, Military Widowed, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: family, friends, anxiety, Travel, Widowed Lonliness, widowed by cancer, military widowed, Long Term Illness

Mending the Quilt

October 27, 2019 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Sometimes I am surprised by moments that heal my in ways I never imagined on this journey of loss. I met Mike because I lost Drew. And I met his daughter Shelby because of that too. And because they lost a wife and mother. And here we are, this new little family sort of scrapped together from the pieces of past lives. There are more pieces too……

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays Tagged With: widowed parenting, family, friends, widowed holidays, hope for widowed, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, memories

Magical Music

October 1, 2019 by Emma Pearson Leave a Comment

I am a new guest writer here on Soaring Spirits. I do realise that it’s a site for Widowed people. I am widowed. My husband Mike died of pancreatic cancer on 8th April 2017. He was 53. It feels like a life time ago. It feels like yesterday. It feels unreal. In addition, I have lost an amazing and one and only best platonic male friend, Don (11…

Filed Under: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Multiple Losses, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widowed memories, Music, Child Loss, family, multiple losses

The Wings of the Widowed

September 28, 2019 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

I can easily say that I do not reach out to Tin’s mother and family as much as I should. I want to speak with them but it’s hard for me and I feel like I am the immediate reminder, that I trigger all of the grief for them. These widowed weights on my shoulders press down hard at times. It’s a double-edged burden. I want to speak with them but…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: unmarried widow, family, widowed grief triggers, friends, widower, young widow, milestones, healing for widowed, anxiety, sadness, widowed fears, LGBTQ Widowed, hope for widowed, Widowed Lonliness, widowed depression, widowhood and moving forward

This Confusing Afterlife~

September 25, 2019 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

It’s been 6 years and 5 months since Chuck died. I kind of feel like I need to put that identifier in so that anyone who reads this will have a gauge. Except that those newly living this widowed life might look at the time since and then read this blog and shudder.  Or shrink back in dismay. Because….really? The confusion lasts that long? And I…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Emotions, Military Widowed, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: sadness, widowed by cancer, military widowed, Long Term Illness, widowed parenting, family, widowed guilt, anxiety, Travel

Blinders

August 13, 2019 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Though Shelby started middle school last year, entering the 6th grade, the jump into 7th is more significant to me.  In my own schooling, the seventh grade is when I was no longer an “elementary” student. I moved on to a new school, new friends, changing classrooms, more advanced subjects, and so on. Shelby is doing the same this year.  Not…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed grief triggers, widower, milestones, widowhood and moving forward, widowed parenting, widowed dad, widowed new love, family

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