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Connecting the Dots

November 15, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

It’s been about 3 weeks since I moved to Ohio… and I finally hit my first big trigger. A few days ago, I was listening to some country music when a song called “My Texas” came on. The lyrics wandered through familiar places… Enchanted Rock, Luckenbach, and my hometown of Corpus Christi Bay. Instantly I had images flooding my mind of all the…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: loss, grief, new life, letting go, leaving, missing home, missing old life, moving, widow, sarah treanor

The Big Move

October 25, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’m writing this somewhere between Nashville and Louisville, on the big move from Texas to Ohio to be with Mike. We’ve been on the road since yesterday, and while today has been a far better day with more feelings of excitement, I wanted to share the really raw feelings I wrote out yesterday… because this is a very real and painful part of this…

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The First Big Departure

September 20, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

It’s official. Last night, I signed a lease agreement for the rental house. (As you can see, Mike’s daughter Shelby is just as excited as I am) So… as of the end of next month, I will be packing up everything I own and moving to Ohio. This whole thing is so surreal and honestly doesn’t feel real at all. The house is amazing… twice the size of…

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