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A Life Unfinished

September 17, 2018 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

It’s Sunday morning… I should hear you happily humming as you walk down the stairs to start the coffee. As I lay in our bed, I should notice the familiar sound of the beans grinding.  Soon, the smell of coffee should be thick in the air.  There should be music playing in the kitchen. And, any moment now, my phone should ding and the screen…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Miscellaneous Tagged With: StaciSulin, life after loss, rituals

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: love, you'vegotthis, StaciSulin, traveller, grief, numbness, life, neverthelessshepersisted, widowhood, rituals, trauma, baggage, shock, grieving, widow, Numb

Putting Death out Front

October 8, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

This past week, Mike, Shelby and I put up our usual Halloween decorations in the front yard. For some folks, the idea of putting a graveyard in your front yard once a year might be tacky or in bad taste. We have no idea what our neighbors think – though none of them decorate at all for Halloween so they probably care very little. Some people take…

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed Holidays, Miscellaneous Tagged With: rituals, normalizing death, children and death, sarah treanor, halloween, traditions

The Magic about Death

October 2, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

  (Above) A traditional cemetery celebration on Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead).    This time of year reminds me of just how important magic is. While life holds it’s own magic, death certainly holds an even more inexplicable magic all it’s own. Not in the sense of tricks and jokes, but in the sense of wonder and possibility. Now, I know…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: rituals, death, ofrenda, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, customs, widow, sarah treanor, loss, honoring the dead, traditions

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