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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

Wanderlust

August 27, 2018 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

I need to see new things.  And, also, see the same things – somewhere else. I need to stand on different street corners. And, walk roads that lead to new people and places. I need to breathe the air – somewhere else. Anywhere else. I feel like I am holding my breath, Living here in the outskirts of my old life. ~Staci   I feel restless lately. …

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Travel, StaciSulin, living on, WANDERLUST

Falling out of Grief

August 6, 2018 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

I feel like this may need some sort of introductory explanation.  Suffice to say, that this entry is kinda sultry; but, more so, it is fairly profound – at least to me. ~Staci I have figured out how to love Mike -in separation. And, I am not talking about some superficial, makeshift love. I am talking about deep, pure, passionate love. The type of…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Miscellaneous Tagged With: living on, life after loss, new love for widowed, widowed living boldly, love, StaciSulin

Taking you with Us

August 5, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Last week, Mike, Shelby and I packed up and drove south for the Smoky Mountains. We’ve been waiting and saving for this trip all year long. It is by far our favorite place to go unwind and explore the beauty of nature. With buckling down on our finances, we haven’t been able to do really any trips this year, so this one was especially exciting…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: sarah treanor, honoring loved ones, remembering, living on, love never dies, widow

Living Room

July 23, 2018 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

I should have started writing my blog a long time ago, but the day got away from me because I got busy L-I-V-I-N-G .  I didn’t do anything particularly noteworthy today.  In fact, I spent the better part of the day doing “normal” things; which, in and of itself, is not extraordinary.  But, what was exceptional about today was that I actually…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing Tagged With: StaciSulin, living on, widowed living boldly, Living

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: widowed, widow, sarah treanor, lessons, living on, new life, challenges, growth, learning

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: sarah treanor, loss, grief, living on, celebrating, Honoring, keeping memory alive, finding the positives

Meeting Myself Where I Am

April 22, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’ve been thinking the past few days about Kelley’s Friday post. She talked about how people treat us when widowed, and the frustrations of often being treated like a five year old or misunderstood in some way. Or how people begin to act differently again once you find new love. That one I can definitely attest to. I wrote to her, saying how it…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: artist, expressing grief, sarah treanor, loss, grief, living on, new love, photography, Expectations, 5+ years

Galaxies within Us

December 31, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Nearing New Year’s, of course we’re all looking back. Or maybe some of us aren’t because we don’t want to – or we just can’t. I imagine a lot of us are ready to leave 2017 in the dust. I certainly am. Not perhaps in the same way I was ready to leave 2012 in the dust…  that was more about running away from my reality and my pain. This…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: grief, living on, widowhood, 5+ years, new year, five years, reflecting, milestones, widow, sarah treanor, loss

Remembering as we Live On

June 26, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

This week Mike, Shelby and I are in Texas. It’s the first trip we are taking down to my home state together since I moved. We have spent the weekend with all of my oldest and best friends, having our annual camping trip. It’s a trip we’ve done ever since Drew died… and this is the first year that everyone has been able to make it. These…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widow, sarah treanor, loss, grief, living on, death, friendship, making new memories, bittersweet

Changing the Walls

June 5, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Yesterday, we painted a wall. To me, this was no ordinary wall, this was the last major wall in the downstairs of Mike’s house to change since Megan died. Now, when you look through the living room, dining and kitchen, all of it has a totally new color scheme from when she was living. Which leads me to talk about a very touchy aspect of…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: moving forward, embracing life, new life, new relationships, widow, fear, sarah treanor, making plans, loss, facing, grief, confronting, living on, painting walls, taking chances, conquering fears, death

Making Plans Anyway

May 29, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

This morning I’m sitting some fifteen feet up in the air surrounded by woods, near the northern border of Arkansas, and it seems no accident that the book I brought with me to read is titled “The Gifts of Imperfection”. A few days ago, Mike and I made the 14 hour drive down to Eureka Springs. Why? To stay in a treehouse cottage, which has always…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: taking chances, death, moving forward, embracing life, new life, milestones, new relationships, widow, fear, sarah treanor, making plans, loss, facing, grief, confronting, living on

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