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No more Second Fiddles

February 2, 2020 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago, Mike and I wrote a joint post together about some of the challenges of two widowed people dating. The metaphor that we mentioned, which is a common one, was of being second fiddle… the idea that each of us sometimes feels “second” to the person that came before us in our partner’s lives. It’s a bit unavoidable now and…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Uncategorized Tagged With: hope for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, widowed new love, remarried widow

What’s hard for Two Widowed People in Love: Two Second Fiddles

January 19, 2020 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

A while ago, Mike and I wrote this post together about some of the things that are harder about being two widowed people in a new relationship. In that post, we talked about how we aren’t ever able to really pull the widow card on one another, because essentially – it’s canceled out. We’ve both been through an equally hard pain.  We have…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love Tagged With: widower, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, widowed new love, remarried widow

Knowing Ahead

January 5, 2020 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The holiday season is over.  Starting in early November, every year, I begin pondering Megan’s death at an elevated rate, leading up to the anniversary of it.  With Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day all occurring in the weeks just after, it’s two months of absolute stress, that nobody seems to understand, including myself.  My…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed dad, widowed new love, widowed death anniversary, widowhood and traditions, widowed depression, widowed anger, widowed grief triggers, widowed holidays, widower, remarried widow, milestones, anxiety, widowhood and moving forward, widowed parenting

Talking to Fear

December 8, 2019 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Yesterday Mike and I booked the first big part of our honeymoon for next summer – a beautiful cabin set in between Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. It’s exciting for sure, but also, terrifying… Why does something this simple have to be so scary for me? I spent entirely too much time online checking reviews and double checking other…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowhood and moving forward, remarried widow, widowed fears, widowed grief triggers, milestones, anxiety

Titles

April 30, 2019 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Sarah and I are planning our wedding, taking place next year.  Vaguely, it is going to be somewhat informal, in the sense that the traditional rehearsal, church, event hall, catering, DJ, etc are either going to not be a part of it, or otherwise substituted in a more unique way. I’ve helped plan a wedding before.  14 years ago, Megan and I were…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Signs from Loved One Tagged With: widowed new love, remarried widow, hope for widowed, unmarried widow, widower, widowed signs from our loved ones, milestones, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed parenting, widowed dad

Things That Matter

April 26, 2019 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Since becoming an involentary widow almost 8 years ago, I have changed in many positive ways.  I am more empathetic.  I am more sympathetic.  I am less judgemental of people’s lives and situations and circumstances.  I listen better.  I stop to talk with people more.  I find more meaning and beauty in very tiny things.  I exist in the moment…

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: dating, hope for widowed, memories, remarried widow, widowed depression, widowed dad, widowed grief triggers, newly widowed, widower, widowed new love, young widow, family, milestones, widowed anger, healing for widowed, friends, anxiety, widowed community, sadness, widowed guilt, widowhood and moving forward, widowed suddenly, widowed fears, widowed by cancer

When Love Wins out Over Fear

February 3, 2019 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

It’s been a little over a month now since Mike proposed. I’ve had a few hard triggers. Trying to think about planning a wedding has been tough at first. The last time I was going to marry someone, he died before we ever got to the big day. He died before we ever even got into the true planning. So needless to say, that part of me that remembers…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: hope for widowed, widowed grief triggers, young widow, milestones, widowhood and moving forward, widowed new love, widowed suddenly, remarried widow

First Weeks of Being an Engaged Widow

January 6, 2019 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

We’re a week into the new year, and I haven’t had a lot of time to sit down and reflect. Holiday travel definitely takes a lot out of you and we’re only just beginning to get settled back in at home. The thing that I am reflecting on right now as I write to you is mostly, my gratitude, and the big event I wrote about last week – Mike…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones Tagged With: widowhood and moving forward, widowed new love, remarried widow, hope for widowed, unmarried widow, young widow, milestones

I’ll Not be Home for Christmas

December 4, 2018 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

In my 38 years, I have never once not been with my parents on either Christmas eve or Christmas day.  Even when I was in the military, I lucked out in that I wasn’t deployed over Christmas, and I was able to drive from North Carolina to Ohio, even if only for a 48 hour visit.  Since 2002, I’ve added Megan’s family to that tradition, always…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widowhood and moving forward, Long Term Illness, widowed dad, moving, widowed new love, family, widowhood and traditions, friends, unmarried widow, widowed holidays, widower, widowed guilt, Travel, remarried widow

(not so) Ordinary Life

November 21, 2013 by Veronica King-Cunningham Leave a Comment

  And so the countdown begins… In 56 hours or less (not that I’m counting or anything), I will be holding a new little life in my arms. One small person I helped create. One tiny little reminder of what life is really all about. My sweet little baby boy has no idea what his life represents already in this world. In a place that can be so cold,…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widow, widowed moving forward, veronica king-cunningham, young widow, widowed suddenly, remarried widow

A New Perspective

September 12, 2013 by Veronica King-Cunningham Leave a Comment

The moment I walked out of my front door in Michigan for the last time, tears fell without warning and without permission. It was as if my body knew what my mind wouldn’t allow me to think about or dwell on – that I was leaving behind a huge history and pieces of my heart that would never be found in any other place (cue Monica from Friends…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowhood and moving, veronica king-cunningham, young widow, widowed suddenly, remarried widow, widow, long live love

Aging Gratefully

December 29, 2011 by Michele Neff Hernandez Leave a Comment

Today is my birthday. I am 42 years old, three years older than Phil was when he died six years ago (crazy to think he would be 46 right now!). My first birthday without him I remember wishing time could just stand still. I didn’t want to age without him;I didn’t want to celebrate being alive with birthday songs and presents; and I didn’t want to…

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