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widowhood and traditions

Unexpected Weeping Session

November 28, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

Coffee mug that says "Hold on to the Love."

Arrives as Gift   It all started with a parrot, followed by two or more yapping chihuahuas. A din. The parrot screamed: Mom! Mom! Incessant barking sounded through the fence as loud, or louder, than a pack of small dogs sounding an alarm at close range. Were they being corralled? Or ostracized from being cozy […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed sadness, widowhood and traditions

Things They’ve Missed

November 14, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

newborn infant swaddled in green blanket

Or Have They? There are plenty of things about widowhood that are “stage” reliant. How many days, weeks, or months its been since our person died. How many years since they left us. But the category of “things they missed” seems to come round no matter the specifics of time. It’s a category that never […]

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: hope for widowed, healing for widowed, widowhood and moving forward, widowed missing him, widowhood and traditions

Steps Toward Healing

October 18, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

two girlfriends and a dress

Step-by-Step we grow through grief   Merriam-Webster defines “step” as STEP n. 1 – an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result     2 – an individual part of a process… STEP-BY-STEP adj. 1 – proceeding or changing by steps or degrees   On April 9, 2023 (6 days prior to the […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, memories, widowhood and traditions

How Lucky Are We?

March 15, 2023 by Kathie Neff Leave a Comment

View from the last row of a conference room at Camp Widow.

The Wonder of a Camp for Widowed People (the sequel) It is truly a wonder that a camp for widowed people exists! In October 2021, after I attended my first camp, I wrote about it here. This is the sequel. Camp Widow is a safe place created by widowed people for widowed people. A place […]

Filed Under: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, memories, widowhood and traditions, widowed community

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: memories, widowed parenting, widowed dad, widowed new love, widowhood and traditions, widowhood and wedding anniversaries, widowed guilt, dating, widower, milestones, widowhood and moving forward

Knowing Ahead

January 5, 2020 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

The holiday season is over.  Starting in early November, every year, I begin pondering Megan’s death at an elevated rate, leading up to the anniversary of it.  With Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day all occurring in the weeks just after, it’s two months of absolute stress, that nobody seems to understand, including myself.  My…

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The Ghosts of Christmas Past , Present and Future

December 21, 2019 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving was a beast in itself but Christmas can be the kraken in unicorn’s clothing. I love parts of Christmas like the lights, smell of Christmas trees and giving others gifts. It’s the other parts – families gathering, couples under the mistletoe, Hallmark everything that always ends up like a fairytale…Tin was 1000% in with Christmas.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Widowed Memories, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: LGBTQ Widowed, Widowed Lonliness, widowed fears, memories, widowed depression, family, unmarried widow, widowhood and traditions, widowed grief triggers, friends, widower, widowed holidays, young widow, milestones, anxiety, sadness

A Christmas to Remember

December 15, 2019 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

You would think that becoming widowed just before the holiday season could make said holidays an overbearing mixture of grief, stress, and memories going forward.  That remembering that first Christmas without Megan, watching a seven-year-old Shelby bounding down the stairs to a room in which her father was already bawling, would not be the ideal…

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I Choose to Believe

December 14, 2019 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

A week ago I was given an opportunity at a big event to share with my essential oil community about inclusion, community and growth. It amazes me what has come into my life in the past year. Part of my oil journey is the loss of Tin. I share about him in every speech I give. I share about Soaring Spirits and I share about the widowed Facebook…

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Present

December 9, 2019 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

Present

This will be my fourth Christmas without him.  We only shared one Christmas together so, why does Mike’s absence weigh so heavy on me when I have lived most of my life without him?   Well, there are many reasons outliving Mike is hard; there are just too many things to mention.  And, really, it is the intangible things that are hardest to live…

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: sadness, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowhood and traditions, widowed holidays, anxiety

Thanks-Grieving

November 30, 2019 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

Last year I could barely walk through the grocery store during the holidays. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite and the thought of even buying ingredients was too much. This year, I told myself that it wasn’t right to stop celebrating. Tin wouldn’t want that at all. So I took a deep breath, swallowed what felt like a rock in my throat and…

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Coffee Talk

November 18, 2019 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

I stand staring into the cupboard.  My eyes see all the familiar coffee mugs lined up.  Though they are inanimate objects, the mugs seem to be shamelessly shouting “pick me” from their distinguished spots on the shelf.   *Sigh.    Which one should I select.  Which mug do I want to use?  This decision should not be this hard.  Except…

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