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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: widowhood and traditions, widowed community, hope for widowed, milestones, healing for widowed, memories

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

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…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting, Widowed and New Love, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed new love, widowed death anniversary, widowhood and traditions, widowed depression, widowed anger, widowed grief triggers, widowed holidays, widower, remarried widow, milestones, anxiety, widowhood and moving forward, widowed parenting, widowed dad

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: young widow, milestones, anxiety, sadness, LGBTQ Widowed, Widowed Lonliness, widowed fears, memories, widowed depression, family, unmarried widow, widowhood and traditions, widowed grief triggers, friends, widower, widowed holidays

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…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: sadness, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed parenting, widowed dad, widowed death anniversary, widowhood and traditions, widowed holidays, widowed guilt, widower, anxiety

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…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Signs from Loved One, Widowed Community, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: widowhood and traditions, young widow, widowed holidays, widowed signs from our loved ones, widowed community, milestones, widowed guilt, healing for widowed, anxiety, widowed fears, sadness, hope for widowed, LGBTQ Widowed, widowed depression, Widowed Lonliness, unmarried widow, widowhood and moving forward, widowed grief triggers, memories, widower

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: anxiety, sadness, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowhood and traditions, widowed holidays

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…

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

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…

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: widowed grief triggers, sadness, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowhood and traditions

Another Trip Around the Widowed Sun

November 16, 2019 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

This was my second birthday since Tin passed. Last year I was the big 4-0 and I wasn’t ever expecting to be a widow at that age. One year later and another candle on the cake doesn’t add nearly enough light to illuminate this shadowy part of the year.“Be gentle to yourself.” Is a phrase I hear often enough and I try to repeat it on the days…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed Birthdays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: LGBTQ Widowed, Widowed Lonliness, widowed fears, memories, widowed depression, widowhood and traditions, unmarried widow, birthdays, widowed grief triggers, widower, young widow, milestones, anxiety, sadness

Another Year Without You

November 4, 2019 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

Soon I  will have been your Widow for three years.  Should I be good at widowing now?  Should this feel “normal” to me now?   Who knows.  No one gave me a manual when you died.  So, I am going by feel. I fumble forward on instinct.       I hate your death date.  November 15th, 2016 – you took your last breath and I fought to catch…

Filed Under: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Anniversaries, Widowed Emotions Tagged With: sadness, widowhood and moving forward, memories, widowed death anniversary, widowhood and traditions

Second Season of Spirits

November 2, 2019 by Bryan Martin Leave a Comment

Holidays are hard for me now since Tin and my father are gone. They passed away 10 months apart and it is very clear that so much has gone on that I can’t process some situations better than I thought I would. Round 2 of the holidays coming and I’m worse than last year. I guess it makes sense. That whole first year is a blur trying to manage…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed & Unmarried, Widowed Memories, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Milestones, Widowed Emotions, LGBTQ+ Widowed Tagged With: memories, widowed depression, widowhood and traditions, unmarried widow, widowed anger, widowed grief triggers, widowed holidays, widower, widowed guilt, young widow, milestones, anxiety, sadness, LGBTQ Widowed, Widowed Lonliness, widowed fears

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