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A Good Week?

January 28, 2020 by Emma Pearson Leave a Comment

It’s been a good week. By most objective and subjective measures, it’s been a good week. For me. And I realise it’s been a horrendous week and few days for anyone who is newly widowed, grieving, going through date landmines, dealing with death-admin. I am not a follower of Basketball, American or any other type, but god knows I have some…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Multiple Losses Tagged With: widowed, multiple losses, widowed happiness, widowed reaction public death, Child Loss

The Grief See-Saw Roundabout

October 8, 2019 by Emma Pearson Leave a Comment

(Note: Even though I live in France, I am basically British, and in the UK we call what Americans call a “Teeter Totter” a “See-Saw”; and we call what Americans call a “Merry-Go-Round” a “Roundabout”. At least we did back in the last millennium when I last lived in the UK).   I have in my mind’s eye one of those playground…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions, Multiple Losses Tagged With: widowed happiness, grief and pain, widowed mourning an additional loss

A Good Day

October 18, 2018 by Olivia Arnold Leave a Comment

There was a day last week where I had a really good day. I woke up early and walked Tango before work. I was able to leave to get there early and there was not much traffic either. I had so much extra time in the morning that I was to finish my personal work for the course I’m taking before anything else. I made applesauce with the kids at school…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions Tagged With: worry, widowed happiness, olivia arnold

Our Wedding Song Playing

September 20, 2018 by Olivia Arnold Leave a Comment

Our wedding song playing. Someone else playing our wedding song as part of their shared memory of a completely different circumstance. My boyfriend’s family’s memory of our wedding song as part of their memory of his parents’ 30 year wedding anniversary. Sitting in my boyfriend’s parents’ living room with his whole family watching his…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed sadness, widowed happiness, olivia arnold, widowed finding happiness again, balancing

Be Present

September 6, 2018 by Olivia Arnold Leave a Comment

Recently someone reached out to me asking me how I do this life and how they find it so difficult to not be where they want to be or thought they’d be. Turning 30 this past week has made me think about some of the same things so I thought I’d share my thought process. Is this where I thought I’d be and what I thought I’d be doing at 30? No.

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Travel, widowed happiness, olivia arnold, widowed self discovery

It’s Not Guilt, It’s Sadness

August 10, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

So it’s been 7 years since my beautiful husband left for work one morning, and never came home. Seven years since his shocking and sudden death. Seven years of living this life in the “after” of painful and life-changing loss. It’s a long time, and it isn’t. It’s forever, and it’s also ten seconds. In all of this time living with the death of my…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed finding happiness again, guilt, sadness, widowed moving forward, widowhood and moving forward, moving forward, widowed sadness, new love for widowed, widowed new love, happiness, widowed guilt, kelley lynn, widowhood and guilt, new love, widowed happiness

And What Are the Chances of That?

June 21, 2018 by Olivia Arnold Leave a Comment

Another school related story today. So much seems to come up at work. One more week and I’m on holidays though so this might be the last one for now! Our last unit in Math is on probability. The expectation for the grade ones is that they need to understand and identify scenarios that are certain, impossible, likely, and unlikely. Do you see…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowhood and fear, worry, widowed happiness, olivia arnold, anxiety

Complex Joy

April 19, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I struggle tonight with what to write here. Not because I have no words for my pain… but because lately, I have been… happy. And I am struggling to write about that. Lately, my new life has become one I genuinely love. It may not be the life I had with him – but it is rich and full… and to be completely honest, it is actually far richer and…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: sarah treanor, widowed happiness, widowed moving forward, unmarried widow, young widow, widowed suddenly, widow

Two Versions of Love

April 12, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I have been thinking a lot lately about something Michele Neff Hernandez, our editor, said in a workshop over a year ago about finding new love. Back then, I was nowhere near wanting new love. But I knew someday I would want it. So I attended this workshop at Camp Widow in Tampa, and listened to what she had to say. The thing I remember most is her…

Filed Under: Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed happiness, widowed moving forward, sarah treanor. widow, unmarried widow, widowed new love, widowed suddenly

The Next Chapter

January 3, 2015 by Rebecca Collins Leave a Comment

Well so far, 2015 is not going as planned, as I came down with a yucky head cold on New Years Day and have spent the past few days in bed, wishing Dan were here to fuss over me.I had such grand plans of spending the last few days of my Summer holiday enjoying time with my family and friends, hitting the gym to start shaking the couple of kilos that…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community, Widowed by Suicide, Miscellaneous Tagged With: illness while widowed, rebecca collins, aussie widow, suicide widow, widowed people dating, camp widow, widow, widowed happiness

The Dream & The Death

May 4, 2014 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Today is a very big day. In just a few hours, I will be loading up nine of my large framed photos and delivering them safely to the local hospital for my first solo art exhibition. It is a lifelong dream come true. And mostly, it has been incredible. I told my counselor the other day that it feels like a dream… that it feels like I got dropped…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Without Children, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: healing through art, widows moving forward, widowed art, young widow, widow, sarah treanor, widowed happiness, widowhood and healing, widowed with no children

Happy

December 30, 2013 by Cassie Deitz Leave a Comment

It’s been a long time since I could say without hesitation “I feel happy”. In the time since Dave died, I’ve laughed and enjoyed myself, but always I felt that underlying layer of sadness and shock that dampened everything. It made even laughter a bittersweet act. How could I laugh when he was gone? Lately, though, I’ve felt happy. Not tinged with…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: hope for widows, cassie deitz, young widow, widowed suddenly, widow, widowed happiness

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