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Drafted into Challenge

September 18, 2018 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

20 years ago, I woke up to a screaming drill instructor, chaos, mind games, and effectively running everywhere I went.  I lived in a green uniform, seeing no other colors but black, green, and brown for months. I swam in 10 foot deep water with 120 pounds of gear, went 3 days and 48 miles of marching on 4 hours of total sleep (and one meal).  I…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions, Military Widowed, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: widower with children, grief, Mourning, military, Cystic Fibrosis, challenge, difficulty, widower, Long Term Illness, Mike Welker

When You Least Expect It

October 3, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

So much of our lives are built upon expectations.  We plan our higher education based on the expectation that we can have a career doing what we love.  We raise children on the expectation that they will succeed even beyond what we ourselves as parents have achieved.  We marry, with the expectation that our partner will be there by our side…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Suddenly, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Tragedy, widower, Mike Welker, life, Sudden Loss, Mourning, Expectations, Las Vegas, Shooting, Concert, Present

Any Other Day

July 24, 2015 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Any other day, I would have opened my eyes at 6:00 A.M., sleepily rubbed my eyes, and shifted my way to the edge of the bed.  I would have woken Shelby up, as always, and gone about the mindless morning routine of feeding the dogs, making coffee, watching the news, and determining what clothes I would be wearing to work. Today isn’t any other…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Anniversaries Tagged With: anniversary, Normal Day, Bad Day, widower, memories, birthday, Mike Welker, widower with children, Mourning

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