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Self-awareness

Go, Go, Go

October 17, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

In the past 30 days, we’ve had a birthday party/ family reunion, visits with friends, Sarah’s sister in town for a few days, Shelby’s best friend at the house after school for five days, a fall festival, halloween costume prep and decorations, dress fittings, tuxedo fittings, counseling appointments, extremely busy days at my work, extremely…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widower, Stress, Mike Welker, mindfulness, life, writing, busy, Self-awareness, Pace

It is not the Mountains we Conquer

January 25, 2016 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

“It is not the mountains we conquer, but ourselves. – Sir Edmund Hillary” I’ve walked in nature my entire life.  I’ve hiked, and camped in woods, deserts, jungles, alpine mountains,  swamps, boreal forests, and caves.  I’ve lived, overnight, in snow, thunderstorms, ungodly heat, wind, and cold.  Mosquitos have eaten me alive, and bears…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: helping others, Camping, backpacking, serenity, widower, widower with children, Nature, Hiking, wilderness, Self-awareness, solitude

Paying Grief Forward

December 7, 2015 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I enjoy road trips.  Given the time, I would happily drive across the country and back just because I can.  This past weekend, Shelby, Sarah, and I drove 7 hours or so from Ohio to upstate New York to visit Sarah’s sister and her family.  Being an odd person, a 400 mile drive through fairly boring terrain excited me in and of itself.   We…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widow, sarah treanor, Mike Welker, widower with children, new love, triggers, future, widower, Music, Travel, Self-awareness, Long Term Illness, Outlooks, dating

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