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July 4th – Our Wedding Anniversary

June 29, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Happy Anniversary, my love. Just a couple of kids who fell in love and were married just out of high school. Who knew we’d spend 51+ years together on this earth? A spark made it possible. The spark dimmed at times, but it never went completely out. We learned how to re-ignite it. We had […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones Tagged With: decades together, grieving process, widowed emotions, lovestory

He Used to Say . . .

April 13, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

We Were His Only Need He used to say that his heart would take him in the end, that husband of mine—the brave hearted man, father and mentor, friend to many; he used to say that we were all that mattered to him. He laid down his life for us by driving countless miles to […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Anniversaries Tagged With: hope for widowed, remembering, lovestory, grieving process, the burial

Shout out to . . .

March 16, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Soaring Spirits Bloggers . . . and YOU! Recently I read Widow’s Voice blogger Stacy Sulin’s sweet farewell blog and felt guilty when I read that for the past five years she wrote the blog every Sunday. Oh my. My writing rhythm is a moving target. This morning at 3:00am I realized I did not […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Community Tagged With: lovestory, tellyourlovestory, tellyourlifestory

WHO AM I?

February 23, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

WHO AM I NOW? In talking with an old friend yesterday—recently widowed and in that oh-so-new-place of figuring out life without them—I found myself musing about who I am at mile marker 314 days. It’s hard not to compare life “then” with life “now”. The feeling, no longer new but never normal, of something missing; […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: lovestory, reflecting back, decades together, grieving process, widowed emotions

A STRONG PRESENCE

December 29, 2021 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

. . . and a Christmas Story The longer I live the more I realize how different we are as humans. What matters to one is barely a blip on the radar screen to another. What one treasures can be opposite of what another would give their life to protect. My entire life, as long […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One Tagged With: a christmas story, lovestory, presence, connection, decades together, grieving process

AND THIS HAPPENED

December 15, 2021 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

AS TIME MARCHES ON The sun rises each day and the moon climbs high at night, marking the passing of time. It has been 243 days and so many things have happened since Dan died. Days, weeks, and months pass and it feels strange when I take stock of time’s passing. It helps to do […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Newly Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: #CNN hero, #IndyDoggie, love, lovestory, newly widwoed

Today I am thinking about us . . .

December 8, 2021 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

close up on horse eye

. . . and horses . . . I surprised myself the other day at how emotional I got about recalling how much horses taught me about life and living. A friend posted a lovely story about mares….how they have to protect their young and fight off any predators that seek to harm their foals. […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories Tagged With: reflecting back, decades together, memory, lovestory

One of the many places . . .

November 30, 2021 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

. . . he is missing It began in 2001 when Christmas tree lover, Danielle, was living in a college dorm and needed help to get a Christmas tree for her home away from home. Of course, she called her dad, and so the tradition began. The conversation about “when” would begin during Thanksgiving dinner […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: memory, #Single-minded, lovestory, #Papa, reflecting back

GRATEFUL

November 24, 2021 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

older couple posing with faces touching

A PHOTO JOURNAL OF GRATITUDE On the day before a long past Thanksgiving, after a days-long vigil, my dearest Auntie Martha passed away in a hospital bed set up in her room with her best friend of sixty-plus years and her niece by her side. “I think she’s gone,” Diane said, reaching over to close […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: sweet memories, decades together, grieving process, #grateful, lovestory

i carry your heart with me

November 3, 2021 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

a heart with light shining within

i carry it in my heart . . .   after e.e. cummings poem   i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go,  my dear) e.e. cummings     i carry your heart with me the heart that broke—grew—broke literally—and mended […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: biglove, lovestory, decades together, grieving process, widowed emotions, newly widwoed, hope for widowed

THE WONDER OF A CAMP FOR WIDOWED PEOPLE

October 20, 2021 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

coffee cup titled Badass Widow

The Wonder of Peer Support. This past weekend, I attended Camp Widow as a newly widowed person where you immediately feel that people understand your feelings. Peer support is the “process of giving and receiving encouragement and assistance to achieve long-term recovery.” Peer supporters “offer emotional support, share knowledge, teach skills, provide practical assistance, and […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: hope for widowed, camp widow, lovestory, reflecting back, grieving process, widowed emotions

Camp Widow – For The Very First Time

October 13, 2021 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

What is Camp Widow anyway? Camp Widow is an event started by our first-born daughter in response to her beloved husband, Phillip, being taken away by death much too soon. Camp Widow is a generous effort by one widow to honor and acknowledge the pain of all widows and widowers by offering them a place […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: hope for widowed, lovestory, reflecting back, widowed emotions

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