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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: loved one's ashes, illness, secondary losses, anxiety, returning home, ashes, worry, bryan martin, Home, weddings, LGBQT Widowed, widowed and weddings

Pre-survivor’s Guilt

April 18, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

It’s Monday night.  After a long holiday weekend, and a single day of work, I’m off for a week.  Sarah and I are traveling to Texas tomorrow, to meet with her friends and family and celebrate the memory of Drew, as they’ve done yearly since his death. The loose ends are tied up at work.  Our bags are packed and we’re into the impatient…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: Mike Welker, Experience, illness, Hospitals, parents, Caretaking, Survivor's Guilt, widower, Long Term Illness

The Girl With the Crooked Smile

October 1, 2015 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

This is not the first time I’ve sat down to write about this, but it’s the first time I feel ready to publish it because I’ve finally told my parents what happened. It’s not the easiest thing to write about – and I didn’t want them to find out about it by reading it here.Last April I experienced what we think was a mild case of Bell’s…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widowed, widow, grief, widowhood, health, illness, stephanie vendrell, smile

Questions?

February 4, 2014 by Kerryl Murray McGlennon Leave a Comment

Where is…?Who put that there…?When…?Why is……the bottle of brown sauce in the crockery cupboard?Did I put it there… or did John?  I don’t remember doing that… but I don’t remember seeing John in the kitchen while I was cooking dinner, either.  It must have been me that put the sauce in there, but have no recollection what so ever…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widowed, widow, widowed with children, illness, questions, Kerryl Murray McGlennon, widow brain

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