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How Lucky Are We?

March 15, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

View from the last row of a conference room at Camp Widow.

The Wonder of a Camp for Widowed People (the sequel) It is truly a wonder that a camp for widowed people exists! In October 2021, after I attended my first camp, I wrote about it here. This is the sequel. Camp Widow is a safe place created by widowed people for widowed people. A place […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed community, hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, memories, widowhood and traditions

Working Woman Still

February 28, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

woman at a desk using a laptop

When Dan was alive he used to tell me I worked too hard. The word “work” mostly referred to one or another creative project in addition to my professional job. He was right. I don’t have great boundaries sometimes and the middle of the night, or the wee hours of the morning, are when I […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Newly Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, memories

A Story of Widowed Life

February 22, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

two nasturtium leaves in a tiny vase of water

as told by the Nasturtiums Signs of spring are everywhere in Riverside, California. Today’s post is a story board, courtesy of a magical plant whose leaves are a story in and of themselves. Studying a nasturtium leaf brings to mind images of fairies hiding beneath, or tiny creatures using the leaf as an umbrella amid […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One Tagged With: memories, hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward

A Love Letter

February 15, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

a plus and minus sign

After Valentine’s Day Hey love, I made it through another valentines day — so well, in fact, that I forgot it was Wednesday and I’m just writing this! Writing to you is always easier than writing to others, so here we are, my love, conversing online on the day after Valentine’s Day. Through the lens […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions, Uncategorized Tagged With: milestones, sadness, memories, widowed missing him, widowed holidays

Valentines, Valentines, Valentines Everywhere . . .

February 8, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

. . . it’s here again In trying to take stock of Valentine’s Day past, memory is fuzzy. Images come forward of our last V-Day together… Family room with hospital bed set up Candles Decorative hearts abound Did we eat? It seems a blip on the radar screen of a long goodbye with no clear […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, memories, widowed missing him, widowed holidays

Reflections on Grief

January 3, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

From Toko-Pa Turner Gift from the new year — a single piece of paper with quotes about grief from Toko-Pa Turner’s book, Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home. There is nothing on the paper to say where it came from who typed it if it was a gift to me or . . . ??? I find […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed musings, the enemy of cheerfulness: grief, milestones, healing for widowed, memories, reflecting

The Longest Night

December 14, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

At the winter solstice the Sun travels the shortest path through the sky, and that day therefore has the least daylight and the longest night.  [Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica] Last night I participated in a meet-up titled Still Point, a reference to that longest night on its way to us. Sixty minutes of spontaneous art shared […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: hope for widowed, widowed grief triggers, milestones, memories

Early Morning Musings In Between Holidays

November 30, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

In 2021, seven months after Dan died, Thanksgiving arrived. In the calendar of our family traditions Christmas arrived just 32 days later. It is hard to believe that this is only the second holiday season since Dan left us. This morning, I am thinking about some who may be reading this that it is their […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed holidays, hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, memories

Missing

November 22, 2022 by Kathie Neff 1 Comment

Rose colored matching man's shirt and a woman's dress

It began with a need for a garment bag the kind from the cleaners with its pre-slit hole for the hanger — dry cleaners size — with child safety warning included.   I doubted I had one but went into my closet searching for a stray lingering on the closet rod.   I notice a […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Signs from Loved One Tagged With: widowed missing him, widowed holidays, memories, newly widowed

Finding My Way in Year Two

October 18, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Which Direction? Which Decision? Being lost is not new to me. My inner navigation plan is usually this: If you think you should turn right, it is highly likely you should turn left. Truth. I admire those who have a born sense of direction—like my husband. The kids often tell tales of being on a […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed sadness, widowed holidays, widowed grief triggers, memories, newly widowed

Bridging the Distance

September 21, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Structure holding up the Newport Pier

It’s been one year, five months and five days since you left— 523 days— 12,576 hours 40 minutes— I am keenly aware of your physical absence today, my love. I’m in the city of Newport Beach—the air is cool. The beach out of view.  Of many options on the Southern California coast, Newport Beach was […]

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Mostly Sweet

September 13, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

couple leading retreat

Bittersweet Memories Camp Widow’s Pop-Up in Denver was a great success. SO MANY of the yellow name tags which indicate first time campers. Some drove from Mississippi, Texas, and even New York, for this “taste” of what Camp Widow offers. It was a privilege to welcome those waiting in line at the registration table–unsure of […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: #CampCrash, #DelayedTriggers, widowed grief triggers, anxiety, memories, widowed sadness, triggers

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