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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: Ben The Titan, summer, forgetfulness, widowed perspective, widowed doing it all alone, Looking Back, wendy saint-onge

Being Mom And Dad

July 24, 2017 by Wendy Saint-Onge Leave a Comment

I do not know how to be a Dad. I believe that most who know me would refer to me as “capable.”  Since Ben died, I think I have adequately learned how to manage things I have never before needed to know how to do.  I have learned how to bank online, get my vehicle repaired, hang a picture using a level and hammer instead of the heel of my…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting Tagged With: mom, dad, widow stress, wendy saint-onge, widowed perspective, funeral, driving, option A, widowed parenting, option C, option B, mom and dad, parenting

The Musician: Part III

June 18, 2015 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

Catch up on part I and part II. This is the last part. But it will be long.   Katherine’s birth had a profound effect on me. The reality that Mike was gone forever, never to know his beautiful granddaughter, cast a shadow over what should have been simply a joyous event. I was devastated thinking of this little girl growing up without Mike’s…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love Tagged With: widowed new love, widow, stephanie vendrell, widowed perspective, widowhood and healing, widowed people dating

Mass Confusion

May 27, 2015 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

Quite frequently these days, as I begin my 3rd year without him, I find this particular quote sent to me, or posted on my timeline. Grief is a stage through which we pass and not a place to linger.  Okay, I get that. I even agree with it.  But it doesn’t help me a damn bit to read it.     We are told that grief is an individual process with no…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: alison miller, widowed by illness, widowed perspective, widowed struggling, widow

Words

May 13, 2015 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

Twisting.  Writhing.  Hurting.  Shrieking.  Vomit urge.  Nerves on skin.  Racing pulse.  Butterfly stomach. Dislocated.  Disoriented.  Discombobulated. Longing.  Yearning.  Starving.  Reaching. Empty arms.  Full heart.  Meat-slicer in chest. Passion with no place to go.  Love with no release.  Wandering.  Roaming.  Searching.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: widowed feelings, widow, alison miller, widowed by illness, widowed perspective

My Two Mother’s Day

May 10, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I have struggled with Mother’s Day all my life. I lost my own mother when I was nine, many of you know. I don’t really remember my father knowing what to do with that day anymore afterwards. We had no other family around to celebrate, and so it just kind of became a non-holiday in our house. I sometimes wish we had continued to make it about her -…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Without Children, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: unmarried widow, young widow, widowed holidays, widowed suddenly, widow, sarah treanor, widowed perspective, widowed no children

My vs Our

May 5, 2015 by Kerryl Murray McGlennon Leave a Comment

Driving to the supermarket last week I had the overwhelming feeling that this baby is very much an addition to our family.   To Ian and I’s family. Although in no way is the baby a replacement for Ian, as the pregnancy progresses it feels like Ian is less distant now. There is a feeling of completeness, not end, not ‘over it’, but very much…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed by Illness, Multiple Losses Tagged With: widowed perspective, aussie widow, kerryl McGlennon, post-loss pregnancy IVF, widow, widowed by illness

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

Matters of Interpretation

March 26, 2015 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

It’s been a busy week, and the highlight was a visit with my friend Margaret who flew in for a nice long weekend from her home in the Bay area. Her husband Dave, who was healthy and fit, died of a sudden, massive stroke at age 50 three months after Mike died, and she and I were put together by mutual friends and family who saw us both falling apart…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Community, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed new love, widowed suddenly, widowed moving forward, widowed friendships, stephanie vendrell, widowed perspective

A Rose by any Other Name…

March 24, 2015 by Kerryl Murray McGlennon Leave a Comment

Ok, “rose” isn’t exactly the first term that comes to mind when thinking of widow, but I’ll go with the literary, Shakespearian reference for this post. I could be posting on getting through the third anniversary of Ian getting sick, which coincided with his birthday on St Patrick’s Day. But much to my surprise, that anniversary passed without…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: widow, widowed by illness, widowed perspective, aussie widow, kerryl McGlennon

A Patchwork Girl

March 19, 2015 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

  “No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change. You just come out the other side.  Or you don’t.”  -Stephen King   I will apologize in advance for my perhaps over-use of metaphor. But I guess that’s just how my…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed suddenly, widow, stephanie vendrell, widowed perspective

Post-death and Grief

March 18, 2015 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

Our culture, I think, is filled with contradictions.  In general and most certainly when it comes to grief.  Here’s a few I’ve encountered. People love a good love story.  The public especially seems to admire and go awww when a couple long married, die within hours of each other, unable, even unconsciously, to face life without one another. …

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: widowed perspective, widowed by cancer, widowed missing him, widow, alison miller

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