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Quality Time

June 5, 2018 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The way the math works is that Shelby was born eleven and a half years ago.  Megan died when she was seven, and Sarah came into our lives when Shelby was eight.  That means that Sarah has had approximately half the time, at this point, that Megan had with Shelby.  A third of Shelby’s life has been with Sarah. Somehow, Sarah and I got into a…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Milestones Tagged With: parenting, motherhood, Second Parent, widower, milestones, Mike Welker, widower with children

Meeting in Dreams

May 20, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

This past week, I had a pretty crazy dream. It’s the first time of this sort that I have ever had. As many of you know, our Tuesday writer, Mike, is my boyfriend. He lost his wife, Megan, in 2014 to Cystic Fibrosis and I lost my fiance, Drew, in 2012 in a crash. We’ve been dating now a few years, and still nothing like this dream has showed up…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: dreams, meeting, sarah treanor, loss, grief, Honoring, motherhood

Mothers. It’s Complicated.

May 14, 2018 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

Mothers.  It’s complicated. Being a mother.  Having a mother.  Not having a mother. It’s all complicated. The truth is Mother’s Day can be a lousy day a lot for some people for various and unique reasons. Not everyone has a mother on earth. Some have a mother who is alive, but absent from them. Some are truant by choice; others are not present…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting Tagged With: mom, StaciSulin, motherhood, mothering, mother's day

She Didn’t Have to Be

May 23, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Megan loved being a mother.  If there was one thing, one goal in life she had, it was to create a little girl like Shelby.  For 7 years, she doted on her, relishing taking her to school, feeding her creamed peas, changing diapers, reading to her, and in effect spending every healthy moment she had with her.  Even when she was admitted to the…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting Tagged With: widower, sarah treanor, Mike Welker, widower with children, motherhood, mom, single parent, Shelby, single dad

Parenting and Grieving, How the Hell?

August 14, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

My sister came to visit last weekend, and we went out for a girls night to see that movie Bad Moms. It’s the first time in my life I could relate to such a movie… and to parts of my sister’s life, having raised three children herself. The movie was hilarious, we laughed so hard, and it felt so good to finally just have some girl time…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: overwhelm, overstressed, widow, sarah treanor, loss, grief, balancing, death, parenting, motherhood, mom

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: motherhood, advice, missing, long-term, child, wishing, widow, sarah treanor, loss, grief, death

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