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finding joy again

Remembering to Live

October 14, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Everyone has a favorite holiday. Mine is Halloween. I decorate the house inside and out. I spend tireless hours on costumes. I await my first haunted house of the season with eager anticipation. I’ve always liked this holiday, but it wasn’t until after Drew died that it became something I appreciated more deeply. Just 4 months after he died, my…

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays Tagged With: sarah treanor, Holidays, coping, halloween, traditions, finding joy again, haunted house, embracing humor

Long Time no See

September 23, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The thing most people don’t get about losing your partner is that you also lose a part of yourself when they die. You lose aspects of who you were with them. You lose a lot of your innocence, without having any choice in the matter. You grieve a loss of your own self. This sudden identity change was an equally painful part of losing my fiance six…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Milestones Tagged With: six years, milestones, widow, sarah treanor, birthday, finding joy again, widowhood, discoveries, Old Self

Heart and Soul

July 11, 2018 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

When your heart and soul are just so tired, 5 years in. Not for any particular reason, really. Everything is pretty much the same as it’s always been. Even when life is routine, my spirit is tired. And, yes, life on the road can be routine. Tired from doing and being and all the stuff that comes from living a life that is so achingly and…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: pain, tired, mental exhaustion, alison miller, grief, finding joy again, balancing, exhaustion

The New Stove

June 3, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Every now and then something seemingly ordinary happens in our widow lives that has so much more meaning. Something that other people would really not think anything of. I had one of these a few weeks ago, when the glass top on our stove cracked. This was a stove that my new person, Mike, and his late-wife, Megan, had in their house for a decade. A…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: milestones, sarah treanor, grief, finding joy again, Change, new

Joy Seeker

April 9, 2018 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

I have always looked for Joy.  I search for it everywhere I go.  Seeking Joy is like a treasure hunt; except, in this case, I don’t have a map.  Honestly, I don’t mind the lack of navigational tools because I have grown used to hurling myself into the unknown since he died.  With practice, I have become accustom to feeling lost.  Now, I am…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: hope, StaciSulin, finding joy again, joy

Life is for Living

November 20, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

In a few weeks, Mike will be going on his first major backpacking trip since I have moved here. This is a big deal for me. Drew died while he was away on a trip. Mike is going to be alone in the woods, in potentially dangerous cold temperatures, with zero cell service, for several days. One of the reasons that he hasn’t been on any solo…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: loss, grief, finding joy again, death, life lessons, bereavement, living life, widow, sarah treanor

Life Lessons from Haunted Places

October 30, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I have always loved Halloween. Drew and I both did. We were always sure to find the biggest and best haunted houses to go to each year. We spent weeks on our costumes, making everything by hand. We’d go out to parties in character and win costume contests, and enjoy the whole experience of it all. Since his death, each year, I think I have come…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: haunted houses, widow, sarah treanor, loss, grief, halloween, finding joy again, death, life lessons, bereavement, living in the moment

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