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The Story of Three Mothers

March 11, 2025 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Close up view of someone holding a sparkler - magic!

and a Camp named Widow “Camp Widow is a gathering for widowed people by widowed people. Over the course of three days, attendees speak candidly about death, forge connections with others over shared experiences of loss, and find ways to navigate the tricky waters of grief. Founded by Michele Neff Hernandez, who suddenly became a […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, widowed parenting, widowed community

What is Story?

January 29, 2025 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Window with the words "What is your story?"

How does story impact grief? The personal narrative of our life, often called Our Story, belongs to only us. Others may have shared life with us, but our perspective and interpretation is ours alone. We humans are meaning-makers and our mind is geared to make conclusions about the problems, pleasures, and predicaments we face over […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Community Tagged With: milestones, What is Story?, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed community, hope for widowed, #WidowedStories

Three Widows and Grief

December 11, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Three women on beach sand looking at the ocean.

One of us was working too hard.   The other was wobbling on the ladder of memories on her death-a-versary.   Each of us with our long list of widow-worries and widowed woes   showed up to help the other.   Being together was unplanned.   Beyond what one might expect,   being together brought […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: widowhood and moving forward, widowed death anniversary, widowed community, hope for widowed, healing for widowed

The Gift of Widowed People

October 2, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Suspension bridge over water.

On the Road! Last week, I promised a story about a group of widowed folk actively plotting a road trip to (wait for it!) a Pop-Up Camp Widow in Seattle April 2025! Adventure looms! Dreaming opens the door to ideas! Our excavation of ideas now begins!   But first, what is a Soaring Spirits Regional […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, widowed community, hope for widowed

Camp Widow Serendipity in 2025

September 25, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

CW bus on water in Seattle.

… two stories, one in process. … a story from 2023.                                          Two widows, two rocks, two husbands—integrity twice remembered. It was September of 2022 in Denver at the local community college. A widow, finding no […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: newly widowed, widowed, widowed community, hope for widowed, healing for widowed, anxiety, Travel, widowhood and moving forward

Good Medicine for the Widowed:

September 18, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Adults at a meal sharing spaghetti.

The Intentional Community of Soaring Spirits One of the best medicines for widowed people is other widowed people. In Soaring Spirits we have access to Regional Social Groups! These groups exist across the country and Internationally in Bermuda, Dublin, and York/North Yorkshire. Every group looks, and functions, in their own unique way. We have park […]

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Camp Widow 2.0

August 7, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

New Camp Widow logo, "We're hitting the road!"

We’re Hitting the Road!   If you are brand new here you might be asking What is Camp Widow? “Camp Widow blends elements of three event styles: a conference format, an inspiring retreat, a reunion with great friends.”  Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation   My path to Camp Widow was immediate and logical. As a long-time […]

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The Gift of Camp Widow

July 17, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

A Camp Widow badge with ribbons & buttons.

in San Diego once again!   The first Camp Widow showed up as “The First Annual National Conference on Widowhood.”  Take a moment and consider that we’re celebrating the 16th year of Camp Widow this coming weekend. Many more than sixteen camps have endured. Add to that Canada and Australia—Wow!  All major accomplishments that started […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Newly Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: hope for widowed, healing for widowed, widowed community, camp widow

The Art of Camp Widow

March 19, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

I choose art media like I choose sandwiches. I go with my favorite. The sure thing. What I love the most — Collage. Creating through collage requires bringing many things together into a whole. Like community, it feels like “Here comes everybody!” or, better, “Here come all the things.” This was Camp Widow Tampa, 2024. […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: hope for widowed, healing for widowed, widowed community

What is Grief?

February 28, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Person surrounded by starry sky.

One Person’s Take GRIEF I had my own notion of grief. I thought it was a sad time that followed the death of someone you love. And you had to push through it to get to the other side. But I’m learning there is no other side. There is no pushing through. But rather there […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed community, hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed

What happens when widowed people gather to find hope?

February 21, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Photo of hundreds of Camp Widow participants in San Diego, CA

COMMUNITY! Good things emerge from great need. The first of its kind, Camp Widow is an example of a good thing born out of great need when a 36-year-old suddenly-widowed woman found herself in need of widowed support at a time when there was none to be found. With a mind for ideas, and a […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: hope for widowed, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, widowed community

A Community of Widowed People

February 7, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Grief has many faces.

Powerful Medicine for Broken Hearts   [COMMUNITY: Part 5]   “What are you seeking?” they asked. “I just want to find normal again,” they answered.     To survive the loss of the person with whom we thought, hoped, and planned to grow old with is the challenge of widowed people. Whether we were partnered […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: hope for widowed, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, widowed sadness, widowed community

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