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My Annual Milestone

January 10, 2019 by Bobby Atwal Leave a Comment

We lost my wife about a month after my daughter’s second birthday and I was so distraught in the early days that I was having panic attacks.  The thought of being a single father was incredibly terrifying, how am I going to raise a little girl on my own?!  Luckily, psychotherapy and a detailed wellness plan have helped me leave those feelings…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: widowed parenting, widowed dad, widowed milestones, therapy

Book Anxiety

May 4, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

So, after about 3 and a half years or so of writing and not writing and then writing again, and then the last 6 months or so of REALLY doing a TON of writing and not being able to look at computer screens anymore because my eyes hurt so bad – I am finally finished writing my book. It is FINISHED!!!!  I handed it over to my editor 2 days ago, and…

Filed Under: Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: anxiety, widowed death anniversary, widowed milestones, widowhood and fear, worry, writing, authors, fear, writer

Eight Years and Crying

June 4, 2017 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I won’t lie, I’ve cried quite a lot the past few days. It may just be that time of the month making me extra emotional… but it’s also a lot more. It will be my anniversary in a few days… eight years ago next week is when I went on my first date with Drew. The following week, just seven days later, will be the 5th anniversary of his death.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: five years, eight years, tears, widowed death anniversary, widowed milestones, widow, sarah treanor, loss, grief, anniversary, crying

Forgetting the Pieces

May 8, 2015 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Tonight is opening night of the theater show at Adelphi University that I have been directing and writing for the past month. I am unbelievably proud of this show, it is hilarious and even poignant in parts, and of course I am missing my husband like mad right now. I want him here for this. I want him to be standing there after the first show ends,…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: young widow, widowed missing him, widowed suddenly, widowed milestones, widow, kelley lynn, widowed fear

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: widowed perspective, unmarried widow, young widow, widowed new love, widowed suddenly, widowed dating, widowed milestones, widow, sarah treanor, widowed moving forward, widowed living boldly

This day. Today.

April 22, 2015 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

Today is 2 years since my beloved husband Chuck died. I’ve always used the word died since he…died.  Don’t care at all for the other, gentler words.  Not at all.  I need the harsh words to remind me that he is indeed dead because there is a part of me, somewhere inside of me, a part I can’t identify, that just doesn’t believe that he’s dead or…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: alison miller, widowed by illness, widowed death anniversay, milestones, widowed missing him, widowed milestones, widow

Until Death Do Us Part

April 18, 2015 by Rebecca Collins Leave a Comment

Yesterday I was faced with another one of those big hurdles for us widowed folk – a wedding.  My dear friend married the man of her dreams and began her life as a Mrs.    This wasn’t my ‘first’ wedding as a widow, my best friend got married three week’s after Dan’s death.  While I attended that event, wore my bridesmaid dress and…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Milestones, Widowed by Suicide, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widow, widowed attending wedding, rebecca collins, aussie widow, suicide widow, young widow, widowed milestones

617 Days and Counting

April 4, 2015 by Rebecca Collins Leave a Comment

I reached another widow milestone this week: on Thursday Dan had been dead for 617 days. The same number of days that I was blessed to have him in my life.  One year, eight months, two weeks and four days. That’s all the time we had together.   I’d been dreading this moment for months. For some reason, I even have a countdown app on my phone, so…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Suicide Tagged With: widowed milestones, widow, rebecca collins, aussie widow, suicide widow, young widow, widowed missing him

Ashes to Ashes

March 30, 2015 by Tricia Bratton Leave a Comment

  Saturday, I carried the remnants of my husband’s body from our bedroom to the summit of Monks Road, in Glossop, the spot he had chosen as his final resting place. It was one of the hardest things I have had to do, in this 10 month journey since his death.   His family and I scheduled this date months ago. Even then, I was reluctant to consider…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widow, widowed releasing ashes, tricia bratton, widowed suddenly, widowed milestones

Birthdays and Beginnings

March 28, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Today was my fiance’s birthday. The third year without him here. You always think it’s going to get easier. And you never really have any clue how it’s going to hit you. That’s no mystery to me. I’ve been dealing with the milestone of my mom’s birthday for over 20 years now since she died… and some years are just harder than others, for no real…

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

Wiping Away the Fears

March 22, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

For two years and nine months now… I have had one of those weird widow “things” that I have done. Or really that I haven’t done. For all of these days, weeks, months, and years… I have not cleaned the bathroom mirror. Not once. The reason for this is simple, and anyone widowed will likely understand. When I shower every morning, I get out and…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed milestones, widow, sarah treanor, widowed moving forward, widowed loved one's belongings, unmarried widow, young widow, widowed suddenly

A Little Bit of Happy and a Little Bit of Sad.

March 7, 2015 by Rebecca Collins Leave a Comment

This coming Monday would have been my husband’s 36th birthday. Instead, it will be the second that I had to mark without him.  All week I’ve felt the weight of my grief with such intensity.  The disbelief that he’s gone. The whys, the if onlys and the its not fairs.                                              He died in…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Milestones, Widowed by Suicide Tagged With: suicide widow, widowed milestones, widow, rebecca collins, aussie widow

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