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The Safe Choice

August 14, 2018 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I met Megan when I was only twenty-two years old.  I was fresh off of my active duty tour as a Marine, having been in the communications specialty for the past four years.  My “job” was, effectively, IT, just as it is now. I was ready to “settle down” already.  I had met a good woman, I was back home, with four years experience in my…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: choices, Jobs, Employment, Careers, Safe, widower, Long Term Illness, Mike Welker, widower with children, Sacrifice, risk

No Reason to Fear

July 24, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Ever since that horrible day 4 years ago, I have been shoved into every imaginable situation of discomfort. Just like all of you. I’ve been thrust into an oblivion… a war zone of emotions… trying to fight my way through without even knowing which direction I am fighting towards. Fighting in the dark. Wandering. Scared. Trying to survive.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: writer, loss, facing fears, grief, do what scares you, lessons, widowhood, death, risk, growth, learning, taking risks, widow, fear, sarah treanor

One Risk at a Time

May 1, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

This was me, back in 2009. The week Drew and I began dating, we jumped out of a perfectly good airplane. It was a pivotal experience for me… and changed my beliefs in myself and how I dealt with risk and fear in my life. I have always been a cautious person, but every so often, I discovered after this day, I am able to make some pretty big leaps.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: death, risk, choices, moving forward, fear, moving in together, widow, new steps, loss, living again, grief, bravery, new love, living together, triggers

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