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Unbalanced or Balanced

December 5, 2019 by Mari Posa Leave a Comment

Lately, I’ve been getting this urge to try to find balance in my life. What is the balance? Some people would say, it is to have a job, a family, stability, and security. All those things sound great, but life throws at us unexpected unimaginable things, and somehow someway we can still manage them. So by managing the unimaginable, does that mean…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: widowed, widowed lessons, love never dies, love and loss, widowed growth

Into the Fall

September 9, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Yesterday was the first day of the year to bring in an autumn cold snap here in Northeast Ohio, along with the remnants of the tropical storm that came through Florida last week. Since I woke yesterday, it’s been a slow, steady dripping rain… the kind where you can still open all the windows and feel the brisk air and hear the gentle drops on…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: six years, widowed lessons, Looking Back, death, fall, seasons, widow, Autumn, sarah treanor, loss, grief, Change

Love On

March 26, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I had some bad news this past week that has really been on my mind and in my heart for days now. Something that brought back a lot of memories, and a lot of important lessons, for me. It may be an odd thing to say, but at times there are things that I actually miss about those first few years after Drew’s death. As painful and horrible as that…

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: sarah treanor, grief, Sudden Loss, widowed lessons, learning, reminders, death lessons

Writer’s Block

May 9, 2015 by Rebecca Collins Leave a Comment

NOTE:  I wanted to start my post this week by thanking everyone who left such lovely and supportive messages on my last piece – Scared of the Anger.  To receive your support after allowing myself to be so vulnerable really warmed my heart.  I love our widowed community! — At every week’s end, I sit down to write this blog and sometimes…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Suicide Tagged With: young widow, widow, widowed lessons, rebecca collins, suicide widow, widowed feelings

“It Isn’t Fair”

March 1, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I recently overheard a widowed woman sharing about her experience and of being still in a very painful place with it all after 4 long years. Granted in widowhood, that isn’t an extremely unusual circumstance. But I do think sometimes we err on the side of being so careful with those grieving that we do not say some more blunt perspectives that…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: widow, sarah treanor, widowed lessons, widows moving forward, widow lessons, widow happiness

Living Perpetually in Fear

February 23, 2015 by Tricia Bratton Leave a Comment

I have built my entire life around the fear of loss.  I’ve had a string of losses, in my adult life, perhaps more than most. Each loss dug deeper wounds into my heart. Each loss wove more fear into the sorrow I felt. Each loss added layers of protection to my spirit.  I came to England in a flight from grief, after the loss of my sister and my…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Multiple Losses Tagged With: widowed fears, widowed suddenly, widow, widowed lessons, tricia bratton, widowed mourning an additional loss

Brave Love

February 15, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’m writing you tonight from my hotel room in Seattle – en route to a four-night stay in Alaska. I hadn’t really given any thought to what I was going to write today for this post, as I’ve spent the better part of the day running around like crazy. It could have been about the usual stuff of Valentine’s Day… like how bitchy I’ve been all week…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Miscellaneous Tagged With: unmarried widow, widowed holidays, widow, sarah treanor, widowed travels, widowed lessons

Too Short

February 12, 2015 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

Valentine’s Day.   Another very difficult time of year for many of us widowed people.   Two years ago, Mike came in the door with a delighted grin on his face. He brought me a big box of chocolate from our wonderful local chocolatier, and a new garden hose I’d been wanting, in its own new gift bag he had purchased along with a beautiful…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays Tagged With: widowed holidays, widow, widowed memories, widowed lessons, stephanie vendrell, widowed perspective

No Tears in Tampa

February 7, 2015 by Rebecca Collins Leave a Comment

Well here I am at Camp Widow in beautiful Tampa. Today I attended round table discussions on ‘being widowed by suicide’, ‘being widowed without the chance to have children’ and ‘signs and synchronicity’.  I met some wonderful, inspiring people and told my story a couple of times.  And I didn’t cry once. This last point is making me feel VERY…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Community Tagged With: widowed community, camp widow, widow, widowed lessons, rebecca collins, widowed no tears

Forever

January 22, 2015 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

No matter what else is happening on any given day or who I am with, Mike is never gone from my mind. I realize now, after 23 months, that he never will be. One never “gets over” the death of a beloved spouse. I think we just learn how to live with it. One way or another, we slog or float through our days, even though sometimes we don’t want…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: widowed lessons, stephanie vendrell, widowed perspective, widow, widowed memories

Marriage Rings and Heart Strings

December 24, 2014 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

It’s a topic written about and commented upon, frequently.  Little circles, made of gold or silver, encrusted with stones or plain.  Maybe engraved.  Little circles that symbolize so much.  For such a tiny thing, they can wield so much power.   Mine did.  I loved being married to my husband.  I loved our passion, I loved our friendship, I…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widow, alison miller, widowed by illness, widowed lessons, widowed attending wedding, widowed wedding rings

The Beginning to the End

December 23, 2014 by Kerryl Murray McGlennon Leave a Comment

I received the parchment last week for a course I started about 18 months ago.  No formal graduation, just a small package in the mail.  Additional studies over and above my university studies. It’s the first thing I’ve done from beginning to end since Ian died.  Wholly and completely without him.  Concept to completion. I started it because…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: widowed milestones, widow, widowed by illness, widowed accomplishments, widowed lessons, aussie widow, kerryl McGlennon

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