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It’s Just a Piece of Metal

October 29, 2019 by Emma Pearson Leave a Comment

One of my favourite Mike stories, dating from before I met him, was frequently regaled in family conversations. I am sure that over almost thirty years, the story popped up at least once a year. More often after the kids were born. It made it onto the “Stories of Mike” CD Mike and Trisha recorded in the last weeks of his life while at the…

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Miscellaneous Tagged With: lessons, widowed memories, life lessons

Their Best Selves in Us

October 28, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I found this quote last week and it has really stuck in my mind. I feel like I’ve tried so hard just to find myself again since he died that maybe I’ve lost sight of this a little. Continuing on has a way of doing that I guess. When he first died, I was so aware of this idea. The man died for his dreams… literally. He was in a helicopter…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: loss, honoring loved ones, grief, mindfulness, lessons, coping, remembering, living on, widowed, finding humor, widow, inspiring quote, sarah treanor

The Challenge of Living At All

July 15, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Sometimes I wonder, is life harder because I have been widowed or would have been just as hard in different ways if I had never been widowed? It’s a question I think on when I have long talks with friends who aren’t widowed, who are going through their own complex lives… complete with blended, divorced families and step kids or uncertainty in…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: challenges, growth, learning, widowed, widow, sarah treanor, lessons, living on, new life

We Didn’t Win

November 13, 2017 by Wendy Saint-Onge Leave a Comment

My youngest daughter is 16.  She was 13 years old when she found out her Dad was dying.  She was 14 when he actually died.  I’m sure it goes without saying that every moment of her life since the day she found out he was sick has been a challenge.  A challenge that most adults would be unable to manage, and yet this girl manages.  She is…

Filed Under: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: lottery, teens, friends, lessons, anger, wendy saint-onge, Ben The Titan

A Message from Before Beyond

September 19, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

“My husband and I have only been married 5 years, I need more time to show him how much I truly love him. I want my lifetime with him. I want the fighting, and loving. He has stayed by me though everything, even when it gets so frustrating I could give up. Though we both are frustrated by my disease, he has never let that break us. He won’t give…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Signs from Loved One Tagged With: Signs, Premonition, Needed to Hear, widower, Mike Welker, messages, lessons, visits

Grief Lessons in Nature

July 16, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

This past week, in between various errands and chores and work tasks, I took an hour or so to go for a walk at one of my favorite hiking trails nearby. It’s been on my mind ever since, for a few reasons. I don’t really take time to myself out in nature anymore like I used to. Life is so much busier now and there just never seems to be time.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: coping, Nature, learning, writer, widow, sarah treanor, wisdom, grief, lessons

A Shared Darkness

April 4, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

   Hi readers! Mike had some things come up and wasn’t able to post today, so I’m dropping in to take his place! He will be back with a new post next Tuesday!   It isn’t so often that I meet people who have been through as much darkness as I have. Although I know there are plenty of people who have, it’s not exactly like there are clubs for…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: grief, lessons, death, sharing grief, shared darkness, kindred spirits, candles, lighting up the dark, widow, sarah treanor, loss

The Journey of a Life

January 22, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

  There are days that make you look at the places you are arriving more than the ones you are leaving behind. Mike and I spent most of the afternoon yesterday out hiking. It was the first warm, sunny day we’ve had in ages in Ohio… and it put me in an especially grateful mood just to be existing and feeling the sunshine. We went to a big…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: journey, widow, sarah treanor, metaphor, loss, grief, lessons, death, Nature, bereavement, river

Bleeding Out the Pain

January 15, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Last week I shared about feeling like some new layers of my grief are beginning to thaw as we shifted the calendar into what is my 5th year on this journey. I was pretty teary the week before, but it wasn’t until this past week that the breakdown came. Quite honestly, I’m glad for it. It was such a release. I don’t even know why it came when…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: death, anger, 5+ years, five years, bereavement, angry, widow, pissed off, sarah treanor, feeling pain, loss, allowing emotion, grief, breakdown, lessons

Appreciating a Disease’s Lessons

January 10, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The other day I received a text message from a friend of mine, who happens to have Cystic Fibrosis herself.  This friend was there for Megan and I when Megan was going through her 6 month decline, and I can’t describe enough how she (and her husband) went above and beyond for us.   They would visit at the drop of a hat, when I just needed an…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Cystic Fibrosis, death, Silver Linings, Disease, widower, organ transplant, Long Term Illness, lung transplant, friends, Mike Welker, widower with children, help, lessons

No Reason to Fear

July 24, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Ever since that horrible day 4 years ago, I have been shoved into every imaginable situation of discomfort. Just like all of you. I’ve been thrust into an oblivion… a war zone of emotions… trying to fight my way through without even knowing which direction I am fighting towards. Fighting in the dark. Wandering. Scared. Trying to survive.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: learning, taking risks, widow, fear, sarah treanor, writer, loss, facing fears, grief, do what scares you, lessons, widowhood, death, risk, growth

A Letter to My Younger Self

June 12, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Dear Younger Self, Today is the four year anniversary of that horrible day… and you are just beginning on this ride of horrors. I wish I could have been there at the beginning. From here, there is so much I can tell you about what you’ll be facing in the years ahead, and about what wondrous things will unfold, too. I wanted to take a moment to…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: loss, grief, lessons, milestone, advice, four years, letter to younger self, reflecting back, four years of grief, widow, sarah treanor

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