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The One and the Many

February 4, 2025 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Tai Chi Tree

Tai Chi and Widowhood The year twenty twenty-five is the year of Tai Chi for me. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10am, my friend and I step into a room with about twenty other seniors and follow the instructors as they lead us through a half-hour practice of Tai Chi. Classes are about 10 […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: widowed fears, widowed grief triggers, widowed by cancer, Long Term Illness, multiple losses, widowed suddenly, community

Good Medicine for the Widowed:

September 18, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Adults at a meal sharing spaghetti.

The Intentional Community of Soaring Spirits One of the best medicines for widowed people is other widowed people. In Soaring Spirits we have access to Regional Social Groups! These groups exist across the country and Internationally in Bermuda, Dublin, and York/North Yorkshire. Every group looks, and functions, in their own unique way. We have park […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Community Tagged With: widower, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, friends, widowed community, widowed suddenly, hope for widowed

Feeling all the Feels

July 31, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

How Grief Impacts Feelings At age 26, I received a helpful definition for feelings. You may be thinking that could be a bit late in life to receive information about something that impacts life on a daily basis and you would be right. Regardless of timing, I gratefully received this definition. “Feelings are spontaneous, inner […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Without Children, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Widowed Community Tagged With: healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, newly widowed, widowed sadness, widowed anger, widowed suddenly, widowed fears, hope for widowed, widowed depression, widowed grief triggers

The Many Masks of Grief

May 8, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

A pile of varying Mardi Gras masks.

. . . my story   What am I feeling? Bad. I feel bad. Am I experiencing this feeling from a lack of sleep? Have I eaten?   I’m feeling depressed. Is this feeling related to another step in my grief? Another reality check? (I check the calendar…is this an anniversary my body is remembering?) […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed guilt, widowed suddenly, widowed depression, widower, healing for widowed, anxiety, Widowed Lonliness, widowhood and moving forward, widowed sadness, envy and widowhood

Facing Fear

March 13, 2024 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Person in forest at dusk.

A Conversation   I see you, fear. I see you once again and say ‘hey’ formidable crafty opposer.   Mess-making friend who turns the neatly arranged inner furniture up-side-down and brings all manner of havoc to me— unbidden.   You arrive at my door in many costumes; posing beneath a plethora of masks and feelings; […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: hope for widowed, young widow, healing for widowed, anxiety, widowed suddenly

What is Grief . . .

October 24, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

man standing on cliff near ocean

. . . someone asked. a puzzle an enigma one long and unpredictable complication . . . a testament to love.   grief   the remnant from the flood   proof that love existed   love’s receipt.     The poet, John O’Donohue says it best:   For Grief When you lose someone you love, […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Without Children, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Illness, Widowed by Suicide, Multiple Losses Tagged With: widowed grief triggers, widower, young widow, Widowed Lonliness, widowed sadness, widowed missing him, widowed suddenly

So Far Away

January 20, 2020 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

Lately, Mike feels so far away.  It is very hard to properly describe, but I will give it a try.  He has taken on the feel of a memory.  Now, Mike feels like more of a memory than my person.  I feel lousy admitting this.  It sort of feels like he is dying all over again. In my head, Mike feels like someone who lived once upon a time – in…

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: young widow, healing for widowed, anxiety, sadness, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed suddenly, hope for widowed, widowed grief triggers

Illusions of Control

November 24, 2019 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I wonder at times if we put more pressure on ourselves because of being widowed. I feel like I am always trying to keep everything running smoothly, as if since being widowed I just want life to operate as a well oiled machine with as few hiccups as possible. I guess that’s understandable… to want to avoid anything particularly surprising or…

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Shattered Hearts Still Beat

October 28, 2019 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

Before I was Mike’s widow I did not know the depth and breadth of grief.  I had no idea that grief lasts forever.  I never considered secondary losses.  I did not think about how the dead are missing from our futures.  The day Mike died, I did not know that my grief would stay with me throughout my lifetime. I just didn’t know.           …

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: hope for widowed, young widow, healing for widowed, widowed suddenly

Sudden Death Shadows

October 13, 2019 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Well, I made it through the long three days of Mike being out of town for work the other week. He made sure to text or call at every turn so that I knew he was safe – which helped so much to keep the panic at bay a bit. So no, he didn’t die. Much to my relief. Although I will say, the whole ordeal of having to cope with my new person on a work trip…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed fears, widowed grief triggers, healing for widowed, anxiety, widowhood and moving forward, widowed new love, widowed suddenly

I Didn’t Die

October 6, 2019 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

So, Sarah wrote last week about my leaving for a work trip.  It was the first time I have done so since we’ve met.  Sure, I’ve left for a day or two here and there to go backpacking, but being required by my job to board a jet to Chicago for three days is, quite obviously, a bit more of a trigger for her.  Especially when it’s a trigger…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: dating, widowed fears, widowed grief triggers, widower, milestones, anxiety, Travel, Long Term Illness, widowed new love, widowed suddenly

Leaving on a Jet Plane… Don’t Die

September 29, 2019 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

It seems like there is always something in grief you are experiencing for the first time. After seven years as a widow, I would have thought that I had already gone through almost every “first”. This week though, I discovered another first I had yet to go through, and it’s had my emotions all over the place.  Tomorrow, my new partner Mike…

Filed Under: Widowed and New Love, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: anxiety, widowed suddenly, dating, widowed fears, widowed grief triggers, milestones

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