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widowhood and grief triggers

Beneficiary

September 21, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

All it took was one text.  One little text for my heart to do flipflops,  and to feel nauseous.  Anxiety, panic, and fear set in.  All the voices from grief’s terror chamber, emerged.  Earlier this morning …  “Hey Baby. I need your SS# so I can make you my Emergency Contact, and make you the beneficiery for life insurance, etc.”  My…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions Tagged With: benefits, kelley lynn, widowed flashbacks, widowhood and grief triggers

Fire and Rain and Huge Grief Triggers

July 6, 2018 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

So last month, June  14th, was my one-year anniversary with Nick, my new love. My new beginning. My “next great love story.” I never know how to refer to us, but thats another post for another time. I dont like the term “chapter two”, because he deserves way more than a chapter, as did my dead husband Don. But back to the point ……. I just…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: kelley lynn, grief, triggers, Music, widowhood and grief triggers, riding the grief wave, unexpected

Silence and Noise

December 5, 2014 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

Have you ever taken a few minutes or hours or days, to look completely outside your own life and how your loss affects it, and instead look into the world at large? If you have, like I have, you might find yourself staring into a great, big, never-ending, cavernous hole. Being where I currently am inside this grief tsunami, (3 years and 4…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: young widow, widowed suddenly, widow, kelley lynn, widowhood and grief triggers, widowed perspective

The Accidental Mother

May 11, 2014 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

“Happy Mother’s Day!” the waiter says to me, followed by saying that he isn’t sure who is or isn’t a mom so he just says it to all the women coming in to eat lunch at the restaurant today. I laugh at his over-kindness, and say thank you. But then, as he walks away… the feeling sinks in. Now, normally I’m very good at keeping the whole children…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Without Children, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widow, sarah treanor, widowhood and grief triggers, widowed with no children, widowed before having children, young widow

Same old grief.

September 26, 2013 by Veronica King-Cunningham Leave a Comment

I’ve been thinking about what to blog about for two days now. And I haven’t been able to come with anything. At least, not anything new. The ironic thing is, grief has been so heavy for me this week. Yesterday morning in the middle of a random conversation with my two year old about daddy, I burst into tears, which turned in to full-out sobbing by…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowed suddenly, widow, widowed with children, widowhood and grief triggers, veronica king-cunningham

2 down, 48 to go…

December 27, 2011 by Amanda Wright Leave a Comment

Christmases without Greg, that is. Given my long-lived female relatives, I know I can expect to see the age of 90 if not 100 years old. (Longevity seems to be a heritable trait in my family … as does early widowhood.) Which means 48 more Christmases to endure even with the more conservative estimate…. …and I don’t want to do another single…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: amanda wright, widowed holidays, widow, widowhood and grief triggers

Christmas Parties: Third Time’s The Charm

December 16, 2011 by Jason Weaver Leave a Comment

Somewhere between suffering that terrible first Christmas party alone and “Whoo hoo! It’s a Christmas party!” was my last weekend. This is the third holiday party season without my Angel holding my hand (and likely suggesting I wear a different shirt.) I had been dreading the holiday parties but my anticipation of misery far exceeded reality.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Without Children, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: chris weaver, young widower, widower, healing for widowed, widowed by cancer, widowhood and traditions, widowed holidays, widowed without children, widowhood and grief triggers

Tis the Season ….

December 7, 2011 by Janine Eggers Leave a Comment

…. to be jolly. Ho, ho ….. oh whatever. I mostly loathe this Season. I really do. And that ticks me off. Because I didn’t “before”. I loved Christmas and everything it entails. It was a wonderful time of the year for me spiritually, emotionally …. the older kids came home from college for several weeks, and physically …. loved the parties,…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widowhood and traditions, widowed holidays, widowed suddenly, widow, widowhood and grief triggers, janine eggers, widowed days leading to death anniversary, young widow, widowed parenting

Groceries

December 5, 2011 by Cassie Deitz Leave a Comment

The grocery store It’s been one of the biggest grief triggers for me. At first, I couldn’t bring myself to go at all. Thank god for the kindness of friends and coworkers who kept my fridge and freezer stocked for the first month or so. Thank god for my closest friends who grocery shopped for me at first.Eventually, I managed to go on my own, but…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: cassie deitz, young widow, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, widow, expressions of grief, widowhood and grief triggers, widowed perspective

Immovable Objects vs The Business of Change

December 2, 2011 by Jason Weaver Leave a Comment

The Business of Change that I started back in mid-September continues on. There’s just so much stuff to go through and just so little willpower on my part. Despite all the difficult work packing her 118 pair of shoes into boxes, only one box has made it to a new home. (I remind myself that one is better than none – and even one is still a…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Belongings, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: young widower, deceased loved one's belongings, widowhood and moving, widower, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, widowed by cancer, widowhood and grief triggers, widowed perspective, chris weaver

the unhelpful helper

December 1, 2011 by Jackie Hannam-Chandler Leave a Comment

When I first became a widow, I wanted everyone to go away. I did not want to talk, discuss, be comforted, or hear anyone. I found everything overwhelming and the need to communicate with others verbally was not at all on the list of desired actions. I was annoyed by the needs of others. Their want to know I was okay or that the kids were…

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: young widow, newly widowed, widowed suddenly, widow, widowhood and grief triggers, widowed perspective, jackie chandler, hope for widowed

Is There a Statute of Limitations ….

November 30, 2011 by Janine Eggers Leave a Comment

…. on now long Jim will remain on so many mailing lists? Because …. really?!  It’s been 4 years.  Well, Three years and 11 months, but who’s counting?  Besides me? I don’t think there’s a day that goes by without getting something in the mail that’s addressed to him.  And mostly, it’s just junk mail. And I get that. I really do. Because…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Suddenly Tagged With: widow, widowhood and anger, widowhood and grief triggers, janine eggers, young widow, widowed suddenly

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