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November 6, 2018 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

This past weekend, Sarah and I traveled to Toronto to attend our third Camp Widow there.  We’ve both realized that Camp Widow recharges us. Though we may not be in the active throes of grief on a daily basis, with Megan’s death four years ago, and Drew’s six, there is something about telling our stories, and hearing others’ that brings a…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Courage, wisdom, widower, Opportunity, camp widow, sarah treanor, hope, Mike Welker, love, widower with children, help, Home

An Unexpected Return Home

June 23, 2018 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

Well I made it. I made it through the first wedding since Tin passed only two months ago and it was followed by the next day being the first Father’s Day without my father. There were times I couldn’t hold back the tears and times I couldn’t catch my breath. I felt like a stranded fish. How ironic to be a crying stranded fish that needs salt…

Filed Under: Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: bryan martin, Home, weddings, LGBQT Widowed, widowed and weddings, loved one's ashes, illness, secondary losses, anxiety, returning home, ashes, worry

Aftermath

August 27, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The past few days have been exhausting. As hurricane Harvey slammed into my hometown area – a whole flood of emotions has rained down on me. Mike and I have been glued to the news nonstop. Houston is now getting catastrophic flooding. Many, many people are still missing and unaccounted for in the worst areas. It is torture to watch it all from so…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: harvey, aftermath, widow, sarah treanor, Home, loss, reminders, new loss, hurricane

New Year’s Resolution

January 2, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

 It’s 2017.  This is the 35th time that my body has traveled around the sun on this little rock called earth.  In those 35 trips, I’ve been witness and participant to milestones of education and career, love and marriage, childbirth and parenting, sickness, and death.  I’ve seen friendships both grow and wither.  I’ve evolved from a…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Trips, new year, resolutions, solitude, Returning, Failed plans, widower, Absence, Mike Welker, Familiar Places, Home, being oneself, Nature, sense of self, Hiking

Take me Home, Country Roads

November 29, 2016 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

“I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me, the radio reminds me of my home far away.And driving down the road I get a feeling that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.Country roads, take me home to the place I belong.West Virginia, mountain mamma, take me home, country roads.” – John Denver In the purest, most technical…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Returning, Failed plans, Absence, Familiar Places, widower, Mike Welker, Home, Nature, Hiking, Trips, solitude

Home-Base

July 19, 2016 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Megan and I bought our home in June of 2005.  For nine years, it was “our” home.  I had the outdoor spaces…lawn care, gardening, the garage, and landscaping were all mine to take care of and shape into something I enjoyed.  Megan had the inside.  Knick-knacks and decorations, paint colors, organization, and general decor were hers.    …

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Miscellaneous Tagged With: life, moving forward, parents, in-laws, merging lives, widower, Mike Welker, widower with children, Home

Changing of the Colors

January 18, 2016 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I bought my house almost 11 years ago.  It was our “starter home”, and Megan and I were married a month after we moved in.  We did what most couples do.  We painted the major rooms before moving in, and left some of the rooms for me to repair and remodel after we were situated.   Megan had a style of her own, that I was, being the husband,…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Mike Welker, widower with children, Home, changes, New Memories, moving forward, growth, widower

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