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Self-Care, Help, and Letting in Comfort

December 10, 2019 by Emma Pearson Leave a Comment

I have been pondering comfort, self-care, and help – what each of them is, to me, and what makes one or other easier and/or more accessible than another. Here is where I am at. And no, I have done no Googling or other research into what each of them is. Just research in my own life and experience. They are oft-used terms in Griefland – wobbly…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Therapy, Multiple Losses, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widowed, multiple losses, therapy, help, support, widow self care, seeking comfort, Child Loss

Death Becomes Me

November 15, 2019 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

I never would have pictured myself being so ecstatic and thrilled and jazzed up to talk about death and loss and grief. I never would have thought my heart would beat faster at the thought of making another widowed person laugh at something dark, through their tears. I never saw it coming that my life would consist of comforting people and…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: hope for widowed, support

Maybe this will Help – What I know about Grief and Support

October 15, 2018 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

I wish I had better guidance to give people early on when they tried to help me. People were making heartfelt efforts to comfort me – most armed without experience. Two years later, these helpers have almost all disappeared. And, I understand. People have lives of their own to live. I understand.I understand that they simply can not understand…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: hope for widowed, StaciSulin, hope for widows, support

Helpers

September 10, 2018 by Staci Sulin 1 Comment

Dear Helpers,   One of the most powerful things anyone can say to me is “Yes, this is __________”.  *Insert: awful, terrible, horrible, sad, unfair, gutting…   Any word that acknowledges that Mike’s death sucks will complete this simple sentence.    The fact is Mike being dead is hard for me.  And, yes, it still continues to be…

Filed Under: Widowed Therapy Tagged With: StaciSulin, support

Get Along, Grief Shamers

July 18, 2018 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

Along about the second year, definitely going into the third and then the fourth…I just wanted to scream at people. Not in anger, but in shredded grief and pain… Why can’t you just let me be sad? Why does it feel like I must defend myself against you? Why does it then feel like I have to defend my grief even to myself? Why does it feel like I…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: alison miller, support, widowhood and anger, judgement, grief and pain, self-doubt, pain, grief shame

Through an Unthinkable Fire

July 1, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Last Thursday, all of my closest friends flew in from around the country for our annual trip to see each other. Since 2012, when Drew died, we have been making it a point to come from far and wide to spend a weekend together celebrating his life and our friendships. We call it Drewfest, and this year was our sixth year. It was the first year having…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: friendship, friends, widowed, widow, sarah treanor, loss, grief, support, celebrating, six years, Honoring

Waiting in the Wings

June 17, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

This past week was the 6th anniversary of his death. I wrote last week about this, and what would have been our 9th anniversary together the week before. I will always hate that these two dates are a week apart. It’ll always piss me off to have to have my anniversary of celebrating our love so closely linked to when he died. But it is what it is…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: sarah treanor, grief, support, death, anniversary, loving on, 6 years, milestones, widowed, widow

Twice as Long and Loving On

June 10, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Yesterday would have been my 9th anniversary with my fiance. Instead, we got 3 years. Instead, it was my 6th anniversary without him, and a reminder that I’ve now been without him for twice as long as I was with him. I didn’t even think about those numbers leading up to this week… it wasn’t until the day hit that I realized it was twice as long.

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: widowed new love, sarah treanor, support, widowed remembering, new relationships, understanding, relationshi

Sitting Beside Grief

November 26, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Today I’m writing about a different side of grief… about being the one sitting beside someone who is grieving. About those moments watching a partner who is widowed go through their own pain. It’s no secret that Thanksgiving is a hard holiday for Mike. His wife died just a week before this holiday 3 years ago. Hitting the 3 year mark is hard…

Filed Under: Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: sarah treanor, Thanksgiving, Holidays, support, 3 years, dating a widower

Killer Lonliness

June 1, 2017 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

Last week in my nutrition course we heard some amazing lectures about Blue Zones. If you don’t know what Blue Zones are, they are communities in various places around the globe that share common lifestyle and environmental factors that contribute to their populations being among the longest-lived and healthiest on the planet. These areas were first…

Filed Under: Widowed Therapy, Widowed Community, Widowed Suddenly, Miscellaneous Tagged With: support, stephanie vendrell, sharing, middle age, suddenly widowed, lonliness, community

Stepping out of the Vacuum

September 30, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Hi all, I’m filling in for Kelley today since she is at Camp Widow Toronto. She’ll be back with us next week! Until then, I’m sitting down to write who-knows-what to you, on the fly. I suppose the first thing that comes to mind right now is community. It’s been on my mind all morning. Not only am I missing Camp Widow Toronto, and all the…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Widowed Community Tagged With: sarah treanor, community, loss, grief, support, healing, belonging, reaching out, finding your people, widow

Broken Hearts Club

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

For the past week, I have poured myself into the creation of my new grief workshop. It’s finally getting real now. Which is scary and exciting all at the same time. The fundraiser is over, and by the end, I raised $1700 to help with the creation of all of this. Amazingly, 95% of those donations were from widowed people. None of my close non-widow…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Widowed Community Tagged With: sharing, helping each other, broken bits, widow, sarah treanor, community, loss, grief, support, death

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