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Twice as Long and Loving On

June 10, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Yesterday would have been my 9th anniversary with my fiance. Instead, we got 3 years. Instead, it was my 6th anniversary without him, and a reminder that I’ve now been without him for twice as long as I was with him. I didn’t even think about those numbers leading up to this week… it wasn’t until the day hit that I realized it was twice as long.

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: widowed remembering, new relationships, understanding, relationshi, widowed new love, sarah treanor, support

Happy Belated

April 3, 2018 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Hey man,   Sorry I didn’t write you sooner.  As fate would have it, your birthday was last Wednesday, and this just happens to be the best forum for me to do this, albeit only on Tuesdays.  Sue me. Anyway, this is the third year in a row that I’ve given you a birthday letter.  Last year, it was about cake and bacon beer (of which I did NOT…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Birthdays, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widower with children, Celebration, new relationships, Letter, Legacy, Tradition, widower, birthday, Mike Welker

In My Heart

September 14, 2017 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

When this posts I will be in England with my musician boyfriend. We didn’t go last year…it’s just so darned pricey, getting all the way over there from Hawaii. But his mom is sick. Cancer. So we are going.   She actually lives in Wales in a very small town where he grew up. But we are arranging a few days visiting various castles (castles…

Filed Under: Widowed and New Love, Miscellaneous Tagged With: new relationships, stephanie vendrell, traveling, Regret

Apples to Oranges

October 25, 2016 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’ve known Sarah now for almost two years.  In that span of time, we met, at Camp Widow, began dating, she moved to Ohio, and has since moved in, officially, with Shelby and I.  She’s been here in Ohio for one year, as of yesterday.   That means that we’re getting into that phase where we are saying “last year, we did this” or “do…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Miscellaneous Tagged With: new relationships, second chapters, Comparisons, widower, dating, Mike Welker, love, relationships

Changing the Walls

June 5, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Yesterday, we painted a wall. To me, this was no ordinary wall, this was the last major wall in the downstairs of Mike’s house to change since Megan died. Now, when you look through the living room, dining and kitchen, all of it has a totally new color scheme from when she was living. Which leads me to talk about a very touchy aspect of…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: living on, painting walls, taking chances, conquering fears, death, moving forward, embracing life, new life, new relationships, widow, fear, sarah treanor, making plans, loss, facing, grief, confronting

Choose to Trust

May 31, 2016 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’ve just returned from Arkansas with Sarah, after a 14 hour drive.  It is with tired eyes that I briefly write this morning, but yet, a deliriously happy heart.  We planned this trip to a tree house in Eureka Springs, AR over a year ago, not long after we met.  Circumstances at the time meant that we needed to book this a year in advance,…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Trips, Sarah Treanor. loving both, widower, dating, Mike Welker, new relationships

Making Plans Anyway

May 29, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

This morning I’m sitting some fifteen feet up in the air surrounded by woods, near the northern border of Arkansas, and it seems no accident that the book I brought with me to read is titled “The Gifts of Imperfection”. A few days ago, Mike and I made the 14 hour drive down to Eureka Springs. Why? To stay in a treehouse cottage, which has always…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: living on, taking chances, death, moving forward, embracing life, new life, milestones, new relationships, widow, fear, sarah treanor, making plans, loss, facing, grief, confronting

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: grief, new love, secondary losses, new relationships, missing, after loss, sadness, dating, widow, sarah treanor, loss

The Dance: Realities of Dating after Death

January 31, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Mike and I have been going through a bit of a rough patch the last few weeks. Not really knowing what was going on, it’s slowly lead to us both having triggers and making incorrect assumptions about various situations. After a few weeks of unknowingly having some things build up, it finally came to a head over lunch this past week. We talked, and…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and New Love Tagged With: new relationships, reality, dating after loss, dating after death, widowed

New – A Year in Review

December 29, 2015 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

One year ago, everything was new.  I was newly widowed, and a new single parent.  There were new emotions, new challenges, and new triggers around every corner.   I had heard about Camp Widow, and I had a new idea.  I would peek out of my armored shell of grief, and go against the grain of my own personality.  I would force myself to be a new…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: Risks, determination, Embracing the New, widower, sarah treanor, Mike Welker, widower with children, new relationships

Parallels & Pushing On

September 6, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I am sitting upstairs in the bedroom… the morning light streaming through the window. Only today, I’m not upstairs in my own room, but at Mike’s place. He’s downstairs getting the morning started while I get my post done. I got in last night, and it’s the first morning here. The first time I have ever been here. I’m a little overwhelmed, I’ll…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: unknown, loss, three years out, grief, new love, Change, death, growth, new relationships, widower, coping with change, moving, bereavement, widow, dating again, sarah treanor

A Big Little First

August 9, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

This weekend has been amazing. Challenging, scary, exhausting, sweet, beautiful, silly, and bursting at the seams with love. Mike and Shelby have been here now for 3 days and this afternoon they head home back to Ohio. I can scarcely even put into words how amazing and terrifying all this has been. After countless hours of Skype calls – to meet her…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: loss, grief, new love, future, widowhood, widows voice, moving forward, new life, dating, new relationships, widow, bereavement, sarah treanor

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