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Struggles

November 9, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

There are times in life when we struggle, or when the people in our life struggle, or when you are both struggling because you pass the stress back and forth like a virus, because you are both hurting and you just want to help each other.  And sometimes, you can’t.  You just can’t help much. Not because you don’t want to.  But because maybe you…

Filed Under: Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: struggle, Stress, widowed new love, worry, kelley lynn

Toronto Here We Come

November 2, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

In the morning, I am getting up at an ungodly hour (4am) to wait for my friends who are picking me up and then we are driving the 9 hour road trip to Toronto Canada for Camp Widow. We did this same thing last year, and we had fun on our car ride together. And of course, after arriving, the weekend was filled with healing, laughter, grief tools,…

Filed Under: Widowed and New Love, Widowed Community Tagged With: widowed new love, camp widow, Toronto, kelley lynn

Being Dead Is Not A Happy Anniversary

October 26, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary.  It would have been 12 years of lovely marriage.  Instead, we got 4 years and 9 months.  But who’s counting?  And does it even really matter anymore?  I mean, I think that no matter how many years it’s been since the last anniversary, this day will always hit me like a bag of bricks across the heart. I just…

Filed Under: Widowed Anniversaries Tagged With: widowhood and wedding anniversaries, kelley lynn, wedding anniversary, anniversaries

Nature is My Church

October 19, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

People often ask me if I believe in God.  Yes.  I do believe in God.    But, my definition of what God is or what God means  is probably very different than yours.  Its certainly not traditional, and it doesn’t involve going to Sunday School  or attending church, or not eating meat on Fridays, or reading a Bible or other book of faith, or…

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: kelley lynn, religion

The Silent Missing

October 12, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Oh, the sadness of October.  My wedding anniversary.  Followed by our honeymoon anniversary, just days later,  and then Don’s birthday, just days into that.    October 27th we married.  In 2006.  Its toward the end of the month, and its true what they say. The build-up to these milestone days, is often worse than the actual day itself.  …

Filed Under: Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: expressions of grief, widowhood and wedding anniversaries, birthdays, kelley lynn

Celebrating With You

October 5, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

On Sunday, September 30th, I hosted a huge Book Launch Party Celebration in NYC, at West Side Comedy Club. A few years ago, when I was beginning to write this epic love and loss story book about the life and death of my husband, I did a fundraising campaign where lots of great people donated to help make my book happen. One of the things I promised…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: kelley lynn, expressions of grief, widowed accomplishments, celebrating, Event

Beneficiary

September 21, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

All it took was one text.  One little text for my heart to do flipflops,  and to feel nauseous.  Anxiety, panic, and fear set in.  All the voices from grief’s terror chamber, emerged.  Earlier this morning …  “Hey Baby. I need your SS# so I can make you my Emergency Contact, and make you the beneficiery for life insurance, etc.”  My…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions Tagged With: kelley lynn, widowed flashbacks, widowhood and grief triggers, benefits

PROOF

September 14, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Is Don proud of me? People always tell me that Don would be proud of me. Its a nice thought. I hope its true.  I really, truly hope that its true.  But how can I know? I want proof.  I want evidence that he is proud.  Concrete evidence.  Or when I say, That I wish he knew about such and such, that just happened in my life, and someone always…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed missing him, kelley lynn, widowed questioning

Coffee With the Wind

September 7, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Our cats are still here.  They still sit in your recliner chair, and fight, and sleep, and Autumn still attacks Sammy for no reason.  Im still watching the US Open. By myself.  Roger Federer lost in a huge upset the other day, and Nadal won in an epic match that didnt end until 230 in the morning.  I actually reached over to my phone to text or…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed missing him, kelley lynn, expressions of grief

Happy 66th Wedding Anniversary, Betty!

August 31, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Those were the words that echoed throughout the pool at the YMCA this morning, as we were just finishing up our high-impact water aerobics class. There were about 15 of us in the class, of varying ages and circumstances, and one of the older ladies walked up and whispered something into the instructor’s ear. After she did, the instructor reached…

Filed Under: Widowed Anniversaries Tagged With: kelley lynn, anniversary

How Is This My Life?

August 24, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Today I went to the post office to send off multiple copies of the book that I wrote about my husband’s sudden death, our love story, and my life in the aftermath. Then I went to the YMCA and took another pool / water aerobics class, followed by physical therapy for my neck and shoulders because I developed arthritis and bone spurs in my neck due…

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Travel, kelley lynn, widowed travels

Working It Out

August 17, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

So, for the 457,000th time in my life, I have recently added exercise to my “trying to get healthier ” life routine. i joined the YMCA, and I have been taking classes, mostly in the pool. Water Zumba, water aerobics, water weights, things like this. It is actually a pretty damn good workout, and at the end of the hour-long class, I am totally wiped…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing Tagged With: healing for widowed, kelley lynn, widowed healing, exercise after loss

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