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Shelby

Father’s Day Gift

June 20, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Father’s Day 2017. For once, we had a weekend day where there was nothing to do.  We had visited with both mine and Megan’s dads on Saturday, specifically planning to have an open day wedged into the seemingly constant stream of other events that have been taking time on our weekends together. Sarah was awake and moving well before i was (a…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: processing grief, widower, Mike Welker, widower with children, kids, Daughter, emotions, Father's Day, Letters, Shelby

Crossing a Bridge That Never Will Be

May 30, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Way back in September of 2012, Megan, Shelby and I took our first backpacking trip together.  Shelby was only 5 years old, and Megan was almost two years past her lung transplant.  I meticulously planned the trip, choosing the Blackbird Knob trail in the Dolly Sods Wilderness, in West Virginia.  I was already intimately familiar with it, knowing…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Safety, Nature, Pride, Shelby, Protectiveness, widower, milestones, Mike Welker, widower with children, Metaphors

She Didn’t Have to Be

May 23, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Megan loved being a mother.  If there was one thing, one goal in life she had, it was to create a little girl like Shelby.  For 7 years, she doted on her, relishing taking her to school, feeding her creamed peas, changing diapers, reading to her, and in effect spending every healthy moment she had with her.  Even when she was admitted to the…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting Tagged With: sarah treanor, Mike Welker, widower with children, motherhood, mom, single parent, Shelby, single dad, widower

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