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Wedding

Our First Wedding Anniversary

August 19, 2018 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

Tomorrow is our first  “Wedding” Anniversary.   And, I call it our Wedding Anniversary even though Mike died before we said “I do”.    I married him in a thousand different ways before he even asked me to be his wife. In our hearts we were husband and wife; And, now given the circumstance, people tell me that’s what matters.   Still, I…

Filed Under: Widowed Anniversaries, Miscellaneous Tagged With: StaciSulin, anniversary, widowed wedding anniversary, Wedding

Unshared Milestone

August 7, 2018 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Yesterday would have been Megan and I’s thirteenth wedding anniversary.  It has been the fourth since she died. We didn’t quite make it to a decade together as husband and wife, but we at least got to have the experience of buying our own home and becoming parents.  We got to have a formal wedding, with a service in a church and a catered…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Long Term Illness, Mike Welker, widower with children, Remembrance, anniversary, Wedding, milestone, Date, widower

Navigating My New Normal

June 16, 2018 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

It’s been 7 shorts weeks since I lost my Partner of 4 yrs. – Clayton, or as my family calls him “Tin”.  Right now I am sitting, ironically, at the Atlanta airport on a layover to go home to Boston for my cousin’s wedding. Tin and I met in Atlanta and left the city to move to the beach, get married and make a life. Everyone has been…

Filed Under: Widowed, Newly Widowed, Widowed Anniversaries, LGBTQ+ Widowed, Miscellaneous Tagged With: newly widowed, bryan martin, Wedding, LGBQT Widowed, death anniversary, widowed attending wedding

Dormant Memories

January 16, 2018 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

If you’ve read Sarah’s Post this past Sunday, then you are aware that she and I (and Shelby) were in Corpus Christi, Texas, over an extended weekend.  One of her longest and closest friends was marrying, and Sarah herself was a bridesmaid.  In that regards, I wasn’t a widower this past weekend.  I was the “second partner” of a widow.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: triggers, Wedding, new partner, Dating a Widow, widower, reminders, memories, Trips, dating, Return, sarah treanor, Home Town, Stress, Mike Welker, love

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