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Numb

Feeling Numb

December 19, 2019 by Mari Posa Leave a Comment

I can tell you as I am sitting here in my living room writing this blog, I am feeling numb. In the past two months, they found an irregular function with my heart, my house got hit by a tornado, and thankfully only knocked down a wall in my backyard. I had to get my roof redone and as they were putting in the new roof, a bunch of water poured all…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed holidays, Numb, widowed

I can feel your arms around my Life…

December 18, 2017 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

Today it is thirteen months and 3 days since you died.  Some moments, your death still does not feel real to me.  And, other times, the realness of your death is so apparent I feel nauseated. This is grief in all it’s unapologetic glory. In the early days when you died I couldn’t even breathe. I’d gasp for breathe and I’d rock back and forth,…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: rituals, trauma, baggage, shock, grieving, widow, Numb, love, you'vegotthis, StaciSulin, traveller, grief, numbness, life, neverthelessshepersisted, widowhood

Quietly Plotting

November 21, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

November 19th.  It’s “the” date.  A week before Thanksgiving, and the start of the holiday season.  The weather has turned cold, the leaves are off the trees, halloween is over, My work begins to slow down, as does the seemingly endless string of summer and early fall weekends where we have plans with family and friends. For all intents…

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Day Of Birth

October 8, 2016 by Kaiti Wallace Leave a Comment

Day of birth. A day to celebrate life, at least it use to be. The person I was prior to grief made a big fuss over birthdays. Now I only wish I could fast forward past the day all together. Escape the impending date somehow. He would have turned 30.   I would have thrown a surprise party, filling our home with orange helium balloons, but more than…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: coping, widowed with children, anger, young widow, Numb, anxiety, memories, widowed, widow, birthday, loss, grief

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