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Family Vacation

October 10, 2019 by Mari Posa 1 Comment

I recently came back from taking my daughter to Disneyland. It was a bitter and sweet vacation. It was the first time we vacationed without my husband. It was very hard to not have his physical presence with us. I decided to take my daughter to Disneyland because that is something my husband and I had talked about. I am aware now, that you can’t…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Travel, widowed parenting, widowed travels, Vacation, Honoring

Listen to their Hearts

July 8, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I think I’ve always been interested in the ways that people celebrate or carry on the memory of a loved one throughout their lives. Something last time got me thinking again about this topic. Around this time last year, my new partner Mike took me to see Tom Petty on what ended up being his final tour. It’s not as though I knew this musician…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: grief, living on, celebrating, Honoring, keeping memory alive, finding the positives, sarah treanor, loss

Through an Unthinkable Fire

July 1, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Last Thursday, all of my closest friends flew in from around the country for our annual trip to see each other. Since 2012, when Drew died, we have been making it a point to come from far and wide to spend a weekend together celebrating his life and our friendships. We call it Drewfest, and this year was our sixth year. It was the first year having…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widow, sarah treanor, loss, grief, support, celebrating, six years, Honoring, friendship, friends, widowed

Meeting in Dreams

May 20, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

This past week, I had a pretty crazy dream. It’s the first time of this sort that I have ever had. As many of you know, our Tuesday writer, Mike, is my boyfriend. He lost his wife, Megan, in 2014 to Cystic Fibrosis and I lost my fiance, Drew, in 2012 in a crash. We’ve been dating now a few years, and still nothing like this dream has showed up…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: dreams, meeting, sarah treanor, loss, grief, Honoring, motherhood

Having All Your Birthdays in One Day

March 18, 2018 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

It’s his birthday this week.  March 22nd.  On this day, I will always “celebrate” Mike.  There will never be a March 22nd that I don’t spend with him.  On his birthday I purposefully choose to remember the way he lived.  I  celebrate the life and love we shared together.  This is how I try to honor him everyday – not just on his birthday. …

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Birthdays Tagged With: birthdays, birthday, StaciSulin, Honoring, honor

How to Keep on Loving…

April 30, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

(Mike and I with Drew’s parents) I didn’t manage to get a post up last week as I was out on a very special trip back home to Texas. One that left my heart overflowing with just how beautiful and surprising life still can be. It isn’t often that we happen to find ourselves in the middle of a truly miraculous celebration of life. I think the last…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Miscellaneous Tagged With: memorial, sarah treanor, honoring the dead, Honoring, loving on, drew's brew, beer

A Toast to Drew

March 29, 2016 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Drew,   It’s been over a year since I really started getting to know the person you were.  Yesterday was your birthday, and as Sarah and I had a beer, we toasted to you.  We sat quietly on the couch, tapped our bottles, and watched television for the rest of the evening.  I wanted to write you a note about things.   There weren’t any big…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Birthdays Tagged With: widower, dating, sarah treanor, birthday, Mike Welker, Honoring, Letters, Toast

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