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Valentine's Day

A Hallmark Heartbreak Kind of Holiday

February 9, 2019 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

My birthday was hard. Thanksgiving was hard. Christmas and New Years were both hard. Yet it is the “Hallmark Holiday” that seems to burn more than build the wave of sadness.Every Valentine’s Day growing up, I wrote out cards and put them in classmates construction paper mailboxes but only for the girls. Life is different now and kids can like…

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Valentine’s for all Kinds

February 14, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

So this is my first Valentine’s Day since Drew died that I am celebrating with a man. That’s big. It’s been 3 years now. In those years since he died, I have celebrated with my best friend. Each year, I drove up to Dallas and we would go out somewhere nice, me and her, and sometimes her Mom and another girlfriend or two. Together we would…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: death, grieving, bereavement, Valentine's Day, widow, sarah treanor, love, Holidays, loss, grief

Reminder

February 15, 2014 by Taryn Davis Leave a Comment

I know with V-Day having past, that it’s good to have reminders that their love lives on. So I’d like to share this favorite story of mine:It was February 12th, 2009, and I decided to do something I had given up after Michael’s passing…create homemade Valentine’s Day cards. Making cards was one of my favorite things and with it being a dismal…

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Dance Class

February 14, 2014 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

The first Valentines Day without my husband was torture. Everything that existed in the universe felt like a personal attack. The cheap-looking bears holding heart-shaped balloons on a stick at CVS, the conversation heart candies, the kissing and giggling couples around every corner. It all felt like one, giant personal attack on me and my loss.The…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Holidays, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Valentine's Day, widow, kelley lynn, dance

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