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widowhood and moving forward

Healing Support Tools: The Labyrinth

May 31, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

woman standing at the edge of a small outdoor labyrinth.

Labyrinths represent a journey or path to our own center and back again. The labyrinth serves as a metaphor for life’s journey. —Healing Consciousness Foundation What is a labyrinth? There are many definitions for the word “labyrinth”. One simple way to explain it is “a series of circuitous paths that lead to the center and […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Newly Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed fears, hope for widowed, widowed depression, healing for widowed, anxiety, widowhood and moving forward

What number of miracles brings us to this place?

May 10, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Family photo at the Hope Rises event.

For 15 years, I worked in the development department of a local non-profit and I remember the needs of the community far outweighing the funds available to support the folks in need. So, it warmed my heart this past Saturday to witness an evening where hope soared. Soaring Spirits International successfully hosted an inspiring fundraiser […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing Tagged With: hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed parenting

The Dress

April 11, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

dresses in a closet, one of which is black

From the Funeral A cute black dress came forward right on time. I was shopping (alone) for something to wear to the funeral for my husband of fifty-one years, nine months. I don’t enjoy shopping, so procrastination prevailed until the 11th hour. This smart black dress with just the right amount of sleeve and buttons […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Uncategorized Tagged With: milestones, widowhood and moving forward, memories

Examining the Light Between Us

April 5, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

night sky full of stars with a cloud just below

In 2021 I was gifted a book written by Laura Lynn Jackson named SIGNS: The Secret Language of the Universe. The author is a psychic medium who penned the New York Times bestseller The Light Between Us: Stories from Heaven, Lessons for the Living. I found Laura Lynne unique among other mediums I’d met. Before […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One Tagged With: hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward

A Story of Widowed Life

February 22, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

two nasturtium leaves in a tiny vase of water

as told by the Nasturtiums Signs of spring are everywhere in Riverside, California. Today’s post is a story board, courtesy of a magical plant whose leaves are a story in and of themselves. Studying a nasturtium leaf brings to mind images of fairies hiding beneath, or tiny creatures using the leaf as an umbrella amid […]

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Widening the Gap

February 9, 2020 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker 1 Comment

This past week, Sarah and I marked our five-year anniversary as two widows, together in a relationship.  Meeting at Camp Widow in 2015, we found ourselves just simply “connected” somehow…so much so that we were actually asked if we were siblings at one point that weekend. But, this isn’t a story of how we met, or even of the five years…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Milestones Tagged With: milestones, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed parenting, widowed dad, widowed new love, widowhood and traditions, widowhood and wedding anniversaries, widowed guilt, dating, widower

The Kitties Can’t Come

February 7, 2020 by Kelley Lynn Leave a Comment

A large part of the story of Don and Kelley is our kitties. He loved animals, and over our years together, we had our little family of kitty cats. Isabelle and Ginger are over the rainbow bridge now, but I still have Autumn and Sammy, who we adopted together from a rescue shelter in NJ. These 2 cats have stayed with me all throughout losing Don to…

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love Tagged With: widowhood and moving forward, moving, widowed new love, widowed memories, pets

Grit and Grace

February 3, 2020 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

My foundation shifted and collapsed when he died. I buried Mike, but it was me who was buried alive by the wreckage of our dilapidated life.    For a long time I thought that maybe if I stood still he’d come for me.  I thought he would somehow find me and save me from the ruins of our lost life.  Then, after a while, I realized that Mike was…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Uncategorized Tagged With: healing for widowed, anxiety, sadness, widowhood and moving forward, widowed fears

No more Second Fiddles

February 2, 2020 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago, Mike and I wrote a joint post together about some of the challenges of two widowed people dating. The metaphor that we mentioned, which is a common one, was of being second fiddle… the idea that each of us sometimes feels “second” to the person that came before us in our partner’s lives. It’s a bit unavoidable now and…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Uncategorized Tagged With: hope for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, widowed new love, remarried widow

Skeletons in the Closet

February 1, 2020 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

  Well it’s almost 2 years now and I finally gave in. I haven’t really gone through our closet since Tin passed away.  Each time I’d go in the closet I would feel like there were skeletons about to grab me. I’d choke up seeing a jacket he wore, a scarf he wrapped, a shirt that was there for a special event we had together. Sometimes I…

Filed Under: Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: milestones, healing for widowed, anxiety, sadness, widowed fears, LGBTQ Widowed, hope for widowed, Widowed Lonliness, widowed depression, widowhood and moving forward, unmarried widow, memories, widowed grief triggers, widowed guilt, widower, young widow

Resolutions and other Bullshit

January 27, 2020 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

Many people make resolutions in January.   I didn’t.  I simply picked a word.  I picked a word to guide me into the new decade. LOVE This is my word.    I’m not talking about romantic love.  I’m talking about: Big Love, Agape Love, Self-Love.  And, mostly I am talking about Love of Life. MY life.  The life  I have in front of…

Filed Under: Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: hope for widowed, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward

Social Media Inspiration

January 24, 2020 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

After awhile, our friends and family don’t get the daily loss reminders we do. I get these strong urges to post on social media and remind them but those posts have evolved into a way to try and help anyone who needs it. This week, as I sit in my car, I just started writting….. It’s been almost 2 years since Clayton passed away. Sometimes it…

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