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Mountains

Woodland Preacher

December 5, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

“You bathe in these spirit-beams, turning round and round, as if warming at a camp-fire. Presently you lose consciousness of your own separate existence: you blend with the landscape, and become part and parcel of nature.” -John Muir   It is no secret that John Muir inspires me to no end.  While my love of nature and being in the wild places…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Hiking, wilderness, Mountains, widower, John Muir, Mike Welker, Self-reliance, love, Wild, widower with children, Disconnect, religion, Metaphors, death, Nature

Over the Hump

August 1, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

As Sarah noted on Sunday, I stepped off into the mountains last Friday, disappearing into the wilderness on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina.  It’s no surprise to any of you that have read my posts for these past two years that backpacking, in isolation, is the most transcendent experience that I personally can have.  No matter how my…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Climbs, widower, Descents, Mike Welker, Conquering, grief, Metaphors, Nature, Hiking, perseverance, goals, Mountains, Settling

Stumbling Greatly

December 18, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I recently heard an interview with Pema Chodron, a well-known Buddhist nun and author of the book When Things Fall Apart. This woman is chock-full of wisdom. And she got my mind turning about something this morning. In the interview, she talks about a graduation speech she gave recently, telling those brave young folks about to embark into the…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: grief, Metaphors, death, challenges, Mountains, making it through, landscape, harsh, widow, daring, sarah treanor, stumbling, loss

On Top of Ole Smoky

July 5, 2016 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Straddling the North Carolina- Tennessee border, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a sea of lush forests, countless animals, and high mountains.  It’s my favorite place on earth.  I’ve been there countless times since I was young, and until Megan died, it had never been more than a few years since taking a trip there.   I know the park…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: widower, memories, Mike Welker, widower with children, Nature, second chapters, Mountains, Past life

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