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The Best of Men

June 7, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Young man with daughter on his lap on a pier jutting into a lake.

ONLY A DAD by Edward Albert Guest Only a dad, but he gives his all To smooth the way for his children small, Doing, with courage stern and grim, The deeds that his father did for him. This is the line that for him I pen, Only a dad, but the best of men.   Words […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting Tagged With: widowed parenting, widowed missing him, widowed holidays

What number of miracles brings us to this place?

May 10, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Family photo at the Hope Rises event.

For 15 years, I worked in the development department of a local non-profit and I remember the needs of the community far outweighing the funds available to support the folks in need. So, it warmed my heart this past Saturday to witness an evening where hope soared. Soaring Spirits International successfully hosted an inspiring fundraiser […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed parenting

Widening the Gap

February 9, 2020 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker 1 Comment

This past week, Sarah and I marked our five-year anniversary as two widows, together in a relationship.  Meeting at Camp Widow in 2015, we found ourselves just simply “connected” somehow…so much so that we were actually asked if we were siblings at one point that weekend. But, this isn’t a story of how we met, or even of the five years…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones Tagged With: widowed dad, widowed new love, widowhood and traditions, widowhood and wedding anniversaries, widowed guilt, dating, widower, milestones, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed parenting

Knowing Ahead

January 5, 2020 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The holiday season is over.  Starting in early November, every year, I begin pondering Megan’s death at an elevated rate, leading up to the anniversary of it.  With Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day all occurring in the weeks just after, it’s two months of absolute stress, that nobody seems to understand, including myself.  My…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: milestones, anxiety, widowhood and moving forward, widowed parenting, widowed dad, widowed new love, widowed death anniversary, widowhood and traditions, widowed depression, widowed anger, widowed grief triggers, widowed holidays, widower, remarried widow

A Christmas to Remember

December 15, 2019 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

You would think that becoming widowed just before the holiday season could make said holidays an overbearing mixture of grief, stress, and memories going forward.  That remembering that first Christmas without Megan, watching a seven-year-old Shelby bounding down the stairs to a room in which her father was already bawling, would not be the ideal…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widower, anxiety, sadness, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed parenting, widowed dad, widowed death anniversary, widowhood and traditions, widowed holidays, widowed guilt

Mending the Quilt

October 27, 2019 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Sometimes I am surprised by moments that heal my in ways I never imagined on this journey of loss. I met Mike because I lost Drew. And I met his daughter Shelby because of that too. And because they lost a wife and mother. And here we are, this new little family sort of scrapped together from the pieces of past lives. There are more pieces too……

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays Tagged With: hope for widowed, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed parenting, family, friends, widowed holidays

Approaching a Year

October 17, 2019 by Mari Posa 1 Comment

Pumpkin Patch

These past few weeks have been incredibly hard for me. I’ve been reliving what happened last year. It’s not that I welcome these thoughts, it’s that my brain keeps bringing them up. I remember the last lunch that we had as a family, just the day before my husband’s accident. I remember my daughter and I went to go have lunch with at his…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed Anniversaries Tagged With: widowed parenting, widowed death anniversary, widowed memories, widowed days leading to death anniversary, one year anniversary

Family Vacation

October 10, 2019 by Mari Posa 1 Comment

I recently came back from taking my daughter to Disneyland. It was a bitter and sweet vacation. It was the first time we vacationed without my husband. It was very hard to not have his physical presence with us. I decided to take my daughter to Disneyland because that is something my husband and I had talked about. I am aware now, that you can’t…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Travel, widowed parenting, widowed travels, Vacation, Honoring

A Letter To You

October 3, 2019 by Mari Posa Leave a Comment

My Dearest Alex,  Today marks 11 months of your passing, and it still feels like it happened yesterday. I miss you greatly my love, but I wanted to write this love letter to thank you for all that you gave me. So I want to start by saying thank you for loving me unconditionally every day of your life. From the moment we met, to the last words you…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: gratitude, Thankfulness, love letter, widowed grateful, widowed parenting

A Scary Reality

September 26, 2019 by Mari Posa Leave a Comment

Today I went to go see my doctor about an issue I am dealing with. While at the doctor’s office, they noticed my heart rate was 125 in resting mode. They checked me 20 minutes later, and it was still beating the same. My doctor told me that she will have to monitor my heart and determine what course of action she will take. This can include…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widowed fears, widowed parenting, health

This Confusing Afterlife~

September 25, 2019 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

It’s been 6 years and 5 months since Chuck died. I kind of feel like I need to put that identifier in so that anyone who reads this will have a gauge. Except that those newly living this widowed life might look at the time since and then read this blog and shudder.  Or shrink back in dismay. Because….really? The confusion lasts that long? And I…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Emotions, Military Widowed, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: anxiety, Travel, sadness, widowed by cancer, military widowed, Long Term Illness, widowed parenting, family, widowed guilt

A Piece of You

September 19, 2019 by Mari Posa Leave a Comment

I felt my heart stop when your heart stopped beating I felt the air in my lungs leave my body, when you took your last breath I felt the world crumbling down on my chest, with every shock wave that went through yours   I was an empty vessel walking above ground, while yours lays down in the soil empty as well I cried storms of sorrow, while rain…

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