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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: isolation, LGBTQ Widowed, widowed dating, widowed doing it all alone

All the Responsibilities

June 14, 2018 by Olivia Arnold Leave a Comment

The last little bit has been very busy for me. I have report cards due at school tomorrow and I’ve been sick (again). I’m finally getting over it but I’ve fallen behind in the things I need to do. So I’m writing this at 10:00 pm at night, just after finishing report cards, which is not like me but I haven’t had any other time. Not to…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widowed doing it all alone, Stress, olivia arnold, Responsibilities, busy, Work

Summer Is Winding Down

September 4, 2017 by Wendy Saint-Onge Leave a Comment

Summer is winding down and I have no idea where the time went.  And when I say I have no idea, I mean it both figuratively and literally.  Figuratively, because the time has flown by as it always does, and literally because I cannot remember what I did for the last two months.  Honestly.  I feel like my brain doesn’t work anymore at all.  Is…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed doing it all alone, Looking Back, wendy saint-onge, Ben The Titan, summer, forgetfulness, widowed perspective

Time Spent

May 14, 2015 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

Seriously there are just not enough hours in the day. And then when I think about it, there aren’t enough days in the year, or years in a life.   There’s always so much to do…so much stuff to deal with, bills to be paid, shopping and work to do…I can’t remember being this busy when Mike was still alive, at least after we closed our…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widow, widowed memories, stephanie vendrell, widowed suddenly, widowed doing it all alone

I hate to ask…. again

August 26, 2014 by Kerryl Murray McGlennon Leave a Comment

    Saturday morning I woke up with a 103 temperature. So as soon as a reasonable hour hit, I called my parents, asking if they could look after John for the day.  On short notice.Again.Yet another thing I hate about widowhood.  That sometimes you need to call on assistance to the point where you KNOW it’s impacting others. Maybe asking…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: widow, widowed by illness, kerryl McGlennon, young widow, widowed parenting, widowed doing it all alone

Not again…

July 8, 2014 by Kerryl Murray McGlennon Leave a Comment

I didn’t get to write last week…  I was with my son in our local children’s hospital after he developed an autoimmune thingy. First while being assessed in emergency after some four hours of the usual waiting and it’s 2am, the doctors tell me even though he isn’t a typical presentation they suspect something called Kawasaki’s Disease, and the…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: widowed fears, young widow, widowed parenting, widowed doing it all alone, widow, widowed by illness, kerryl McGlennon

Chop wood. Carry water.

June 19, 2014 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

  There is a saying in Zen: Before Enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.                      After Mike died I couldn’t function coherently at all for about a week. I couldn’t focus on the basic necessities of cooking, cleaning, errands…even driving. I really could not drive…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widow, stephanie vendrell, widowed growth, widowed perspective, widow brain, young widow, widowed suddenly, widowed doing it all alone

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 suddenly, widowed dating, widowed doing it all alone, widow, widowed growth, cassie deitz, young widow, widowed new love

One of Those Days

June 5, 2014 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

My car broke down.   Again.   It’s been acting up quite a bit lately. I took it in and they said it needed new struts. That wasn’t cheap. But it was still making weird noises and behaving strangely. A few weeks ago it didn’t want to start…then it finally did, so I immediately drove down and had a new battery put in. Then a few days later…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed suddenly, widowed doing it all alone, widow, stephanie vendrell, widowed perspective

Routnine. Junior Edition

May 27, 2014 by Kerryl Murray McGlennon Leave a Comment

I’ve written before about how my personal routines went out the window after Ian died.   John was only 13 months when Ian got sick, and 16 months when he died. Getting him into a bedtime routine, let alone to going down at a regular time just never got re-established after the initial “everything gone haywire” period.  We both developed bad…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: widowed doing it all alone, widow, widowed by illness, kerryl McGlennon, young widow, widowed parenting

About an Abode

May 22, 2014 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

I could lose my house. In fact, I probably will.   For the first few months after Mike died that thought kept me awake at night. It was the single biggest fear I had in that terrible, dark time. I felt like I was choking on grief, and drowning in panic. I could barely breathe when the waves of fear came over me.   I went through every channel I…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: young widow, widowed suddenly, widowed doing it all alone, widow, stephanie vendrell, widowed losing home

Raining, pouring

May 20, 2014 by Kerryl Murray McGlennon Leave a Comment

It’s been a crazy week.  I guess I am just in one of those general bad periods that just happen in life  from time to time.     I have uni deadlines and assessments this week, I got sick Friday so I lost a study day, then a nasty nasty so and so of a virus attacked my computer rendering it to the status of a boat anchor (and not a very good one…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: young widow, widowed doing it all alone, widow, widowed by illness, widowed perspective, kerryl McGlennon

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