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Twice as Long and Loving On

June 10, 2018 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Yesterday would have been my 9th anniversary with my fiance. Instead, we got 3 years. Instead, it was my 6th anniversary without him, and a reminder that I’ve now been without him for twice as long as I was with him. I didn’t even think about those numbers leading up to this week… it wasn’t until the day hit that I realized it was twice as long.

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: widowed new love, sarah treanor, support, widowed remembering, new relationships, understanding, relationshi

Our Old Lives

May 15, 2015 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

“I want my old life back.”   I’ve heard a lot of widowed people say that, as I have, and continue to, some days.   I miss a lot of little things about being married to Mike. It was a comfortable, familiar life, after nearly 14 years of marriage. I can still hear him shuffling across the tile floors, whistling. The refrigerator door opening and…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: young widow, widow, widowed memories, widowed flashbacks, widowed remembering, stephanie vendrell

Crazy Cat Lady

November 21, 2014 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

My husband was a huge animal lover, and even more cool, animals absolutely loved him. They flocked to him. We would go over to other people’s houses or just walk to a nearby park, and other people’s pets would run up to him and want to play. If we went to anyone’s home who had a dog, he was instantly playing with the dog. He always wanted a dog of…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Without Children, Widowed Memories, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed suddenly, widow, kelley lynn, widowed remembering, widowed with no children, widowed and animals

My Magic Man

November 20, 2014 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

I’m writing this on Tuesday. It would have been Mike’s 61st birthday. My heart is breaking.   Honestly, I didn’t expect it to hurt this much. Last year all I can remember is the day passing in numbness and disbelief. This year somehow I feel more alert to the pain, and it’s been very hard. Over the past 21 months – 21 months yesterday, by the way…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed suddenly, widow, widowed remembering, long live love, stephanie vendrell, widowed marking loved ones birthday

Circle of Remembrance

November 13, 2014 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

Last Friday our local Kona Hospice hosted their annual Circle of Remembrance event at Hulihe’e Palace. I didn’t go last year; I think it was all just too raw for me then, but this year I felt myself drawn there. I’ve been taking part in their grief counseling services for over a year now which is free for spouse and child loss. We are incredibly…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Widowed Community, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed signs from our loved ones, widowed community, widowed suddenly, widow, widowed remembering, stephanie vendrell

The Bench

November 10, 2014 by Tricia Bratton Leave a Comment

From the first time I met him, Stan spoke to me of his impending death. Not that he dreamt it would be happening anytime, soon. He just seemed to have a keen awareness of the one, inescapable fact of life we all share—that we will one day die.   Perhaps it was his witnessing of the untimely death of a close friend that kindled his awareness.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed suddenly, widow, loved one's ashes, widowed remembering, tricia bratton, widowed creating monuments

It Starts Soon

June 4, 2014 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

I watched a documentary last night about Custer and the Battle of Little Bighorn.  Pretty heavy watching, you might think, and you’d be right for so many reasons.  My husband and I shared a love for American history and traveled to so many National Parks over the 4 years we traveled as Happily Homeless.  Little Bighorn in Montana was a powerful…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Milestones, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widowed milestones, widow, alison miller, widowed travels, widowed by illness, widowed remembering

Nobody Remembers

May 23, 2014 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

If you are widowed, and you are reading this, then you know that missing your person and the life you had together is as constant as breathing – it is a new fact in your new life that you didn’t ask for, and it’s just there, always and forever. The missing of what was never goes away. But then, above and beyond that missing, is a whole other kind…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: young widow, widowed suddenly, widow, widowed fear of forgetting, widowed remembering, widowed perspective, kelly lynn

Living Adventurously In Loss

May 18, 2014 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Even though our adventure together did not last a lifetime as we expected – my fiancé and I certainly lived our days adventurously. He convinced me to go skydiving a week before we began dating to my surprise. I am not an adrenaline junky, but somehow he had a way of making me surprise myself by the things he was able to bring out in me. I always…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: hope for widowed, unmarried widow, widow, sarah treanor, widowed living boldly, widowed remembering

Grief Rising. But Love, Too

May 17, 2014 by Alison Miller Leave a Comment

Tomorrow my daughter Rachael-Grace and I leave on our 6 month Nothin’ But Love tour.  It will be quite an experience for both of us, filled with every emotion of the alphabet as we honor and remember my husband/her dad, meet people along the way and hear their stories, offer workshops to women around the country and, well, who knows what else. …

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widow, alison miller, widowed travels, widowed by illness, widowed moving forward, widowed living boldly, widowed remembering

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