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The Space in Between

September 28, 2022 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

. . . Mystery   awake i wonder where are you now?   feeling you is – for me – proof that somehow you still exist.   arriving not at my will   i wait   i wonder   waiting wondering is so hard.   yet   harder still is the mystery…   the not-knowing. […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: wondering, missing, mystery

Malbec

February 26, 2018 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

Since you died I feel like I am masquerading in someone else’s life.  The likelihood of outliving you was always in the back of my mind, but it wasn’t something that I prepared for because I naively thought we had “the rest of our lives” ahead of us.  I honestly thought that we had at least twenty more years together.  And, because I blindly…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed missing him, StaciSulin, changes, Change, missing him, missing, facade

Untitled

November 28, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’m on the other side of the three year mark at this point.  I can watch a movie where an actor is hospitalized, and not have to turn it off.  I can hear a song that reminds me of Megan, and get a little choked up, then laugh it off.  I can even pull all of our holiday decorations out from storage, observe the ornaments with Megan and I’s…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Mike Welker, widower with children, loss, grief, time, Event, milestone, missing, Trigger, Reminder, widower, Unexplainable

Flooded, and Trying to Swim

July 1, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Homesick. This past week I’ve been so painfully homesick, not only for a place but for the people and community that make me feel home. So much has changed in the past few years, most of the time I think I’m pretty used to just being outside of my comfort zone. But then there are days when I’m so tired from that I guess, that I realize how…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: missing, comfort, belonging, widow, sarah treanor, grief, death, homesick

The Landscape of Love after Love

April 3, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’m writing you this morning from the bed of a roadside motel in West Virginia. The walls inside are all wood, the entire place looking like a big log cabin. It’s cozy feeling, with ruffled curtains, checkered blue and white bedspreads and warm corner lamps. I’ve woken up in a good mood, which I am infinitely grateful for, and hoping I can…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: new love, secondary losses, new relationships, missing, after loss, sadness, dating, widow, sarah treanor, loss, grief

Wish You Were Here

February 21, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’ve been feeling overwhelmed the past few weeks. It’s not grief, but life. A lot of life happening. Having an anniversary for the first time with someone new, and Valentine’s Day. My sister coming to visit me, and Mike’s daughter Shelby having her 9th birthday. Meeting a whole bunch of Mike’s cousins, aunts and uncles I’d yet to meet.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: grief, death, motherhood, advice, missing, long-term, child, wishing, widow, sarah treanor, loss

One More Phone Call, Please?

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

Sometimes the tears sneak up on you. Sometimes you are just going about your morning, having a cup of coffee, watching the news, having no thoughts in particular to the past or about missing anyone… and suddenly something goes right into that wound and touches it. Touches the loss in a way that makes you erupt in tears. This very thing happened…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: 4 years, sadness, phone, widow, call, sarah treanor, loss, grief, death, wishes, new life, missing, bereavement

Sensory Math

August 18, 2015 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

When Megan died, i went into full sensory deprivation mode.  I could no longer see her face, hear her voice, taste her lips, smell her body wash, or touch her skin.  When suddenly, all five of my senses were deprived of their primary stimulant, I became numb.  I would venture to say that this is the case for most widows and widowers.    …

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widower with children, Fog, missing, Observations, long distance, Senses, Heart, widower, dating, Mike Welker, love

The Distance Between Us

July 12, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

You know what I’m learning lately? New happiness can be a strangely lonely and difficult journey. When I was deeply in my grief, I experienced the other kind of loneliness… the one where no one REALLY wants to know how you are doing. Where they don’t see YOU anymore and all they see is the grief. Where you are a constant reminder to others of the…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: bereavement, distance, dating, long distance dating, widow, sarah treanor, loss, grief, new love, widowhood, new relationships, missing

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