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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…

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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.           …

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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: anxiety, widowhood and moving forward, widowed new love, widowed suddenly, widowed fears, widowed grief triggers, healing for widowed

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…

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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…

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Sandcastles of Safety

August 25, 2019 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

My whole life, I’ve played it safe and small because I grew up within a family that taught me to be practical and frugal and not take risks. I’m sure a lot of us grew up in that kind of family. They did their best, but the illusion of safety and security was always a pretty big focus. Even after my mom died and it became apparent that safety…

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Fearing More Death

July 14, 2019 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I recently had a scare over someone close to me dying again. It wasn’t even a true emergency, or anyone in fact having a close call by any means. But this wasn’t just anyone. This was one of my oldest friends and someone who has been a mother to me since my own mom died when I was nine. Now that both of my parents are gone, she is one of only a…

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Summer Has a Feel …

June 21, 2019 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Summer has a feel, for all who love it’s rays of sunshine  family vacations  lounging by the pool warm nights with just a twist of warm breezes.    Ice-cream dripping  down the cone,  car rides with the top down,  and tunes blasting.  Carefree and endless guilt-free hours,  sipping on tall iced-teas.    Summer has a feel of drive-in…

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Things That Matter

April 26, 2019 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Since becoming an involentary widow almost 8 years ago, I have changed in many positive ways.  I am more empathetic.  I am more sympathetic.  I am less judgemental of people’s lives and situations and circumstances.  I listen better.  I stop to talk with people more.  I find more meaning and beauty in very tiny things.  I exist in the moment…

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Grief Mistakes

April 19, 2019 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Soon after the sudden death of my husband, almost 8 years ago now, I began trying to navigate my new reality and world that I never asked for or wanted. I didnt know what the hell I was doing.  There are no guidelines or handbook for how to “widow” properly. I hadn’t even put away all of our dishes and kitchen items and gifts from a few years…

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Accepting Fear

March 10, 2019 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Last week, I wrote about dealing with fear. More specifically, the fear of more bad things happening. Of the feeling of waiting for the other shoe to drop. I think it’s normal when you’ve experienced any major loss to begin to fear another one coming. So for the past six months or so, I’ve been having an increasingly big fear of someone else…

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