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I Love You Like I Love Mike

November 19, 2019 by Emma Pearson 1 Comment

A little over 6 months ago, at the end of April 2019, two months before my 15 year-old daughter Julia died by suicide, and 2 years after Mike my husband died, I met a man on a dating website. He’s called Medjool, after my favourite kind of dates. Big, chewy, tasty, sweet. Yum.  Since there seems to be some kind of annoying gender difference…

Filed Under: Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Multiple Losses Tagged With: multiple losses, widowed dating, widowed finding happiness again, new love for widowed, Child Loss

Complicated Companions

June 8, 2019 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

Perspective is in the eye of the beholder. Everyone gets tunnel vision but what I have learned is that our loss is actually a painful gift. I know that sounds strange to view the loss of our person as a gift but that’s the only perspective that keeps me going. That there is a reason I finally found Clayton and he was taken away from me. I can…

Filed Under: Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: widowed dating, widowed doing it all alone, isolation, LGBTQ Widowed

In Love With…A Dead Man

July 25, 2018 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

He strides through my mind on a daily basis. My heart yearns for the Love I felt so strongly with him. My soul remembers back to the years we shared. My body yearns for his hands upon it. It’s been 5 years and 3 months since he left my world. I’m in love with a dead man. I can almost hear the shrieks of dismay and shock and see people draw back…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed missing him, widowed dating, alison miller, love and loss, judgement

The Musician: Part I

June 4, 2015 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

I’m going to tell you a story.   It is an intensely personal one; one I haven’t felt open to sharing until now. But it has persisted at knocking at my brain, and I finally feel ready to let it out.    So here goes. And since it is so long for a blog, I will be dividing it into several parts.  The Musician: Part I   Life after death is a…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: young widow, dating, widowed dating, widow, stephanie vendrell, suddenly widowed

Tailor Made

May 26, 2015 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Today, as I sit down to write with tired eyes, I must admit that although I miss Megan as much now as before, it has shifted over these past few months from an intense grief at the thought of her death to more of a longing for her to be present to witness where life has taken me since that time. I have just returned from an extended weekend in…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love Tagged With: moving forward, adventure, long distance, widower, widowed new love, dating, widowed dating, Mike Welker, widower with children, new love

Stumbling Proudly

May 3, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’ve been feeling the strains of beginning anew lately. Let’s face it – starting to date someone is always messy. New person, new energy, new triggers and sensitivities. But being widowed makes it even trickier. After almost 3 years without a man by my side… I am a completely different person than who I was with Drew. I am far more independent. I…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: young widow, widowed new love, widowed suddenly, widowed dating, widowed milestones, widow, sarah treanor, widowed moving forward, widowed living boldly, widowed perspective, unmarried widow

The D Word

March 21, 2015 by Rebecca Collins Leave a Comment

Over the past couple of months I have been very quietly thinking about that terrifying concept of dating again.  The feeling that I might like to dip my toe back in the dating pool started creeping in around late January, at my 18-month mark, and completely took me by surprise.   After Dan’s death, the thought of finding another partner filled…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed by Suicide Tagged With: widow, widowed moving forward, rebecca collins, aussie widow, suicide widow, young widow, widowed dating

The Long Pause

January 11, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Another week has passed, and I’ve had some more time to reflect back on the NYE experience I had with a guy. It was the first person I became physical with since my fiancé. You’ll recall, he had less than admirable intentions with me – which he hid well. Intentions which I found out after several dates and a lot of letting my guard down.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed dating, widow, sarah treanor, suddenly widowed, widowed ending new relationship, sex after widowhood

Live Large

June 23, 2014 by Cassie Deitz Leave a Comment

I have so much now in my second chance. I’m forever scarred and forever missing someone I expected to be with until I died, but I get to live on for some reason and I’m doing it well. I’ve been lucky in some instances but in most, I’ve worked hard to be where I am now. I have a lot. I’m in a healthy, loving relationship. I have a beautiful home,…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Without Children, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed with no children, widowed fear, young widow, widowed new love, widowed suddenly, widowed dating, widow, cassie deitz

Help

June 9, 2014 by Cassie Deitz Leave a Comment

Here’s what I’m noticing as I begin to build a life with someone since Dave died. I’m struggling to let myself be helped. I fight against the idea of my boyfriend doing things for me. I’m torn between the desire to let myself be a part of a couple again and split the work up – You do the finances because you love it and I’m terrible at it. I do…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed doing it all alone, widow, widowed growth, cassie deitz, young widow, widowed new love, widowed suddenly, widowed dating

Much to lose

May 19, 2014 by Cassie Deitz Leave a Comment

In less than 3 weeks, it will have been 3 years since Dave died on a heart-breakingly beautiful June day. It has been the most terrifying, wrenching, altering event of my life so far and I will spend the rest of my life dealing with it to some extent. I’m beginning to understand just how much we learn to carry our grief rather than get over it.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Without Children, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: young widow, widowed new love, widowed dating, widow, cassie deitz, widowed days leading to death anniversary, widowed with no children, widowed fear

The lost art of flirting

December 3, 2013 by Amanda Wright Leave a Comment

… well lost to me anyway. The last time I did “flirting” (without knowing that the flirtee was already very interested – ie Greg), I was in possession of a rather hot 22 year old body, flawless skin and a geeky naivete that was somehow attractive (who knew?). In other words, the most flirting I did was glancing in the direction of someone I…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: amanda wright, widowed suddenly, widowed dating, widow, aussie widow

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