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All the Responsibilities

June 14, 2018 by Olivia Arnold Leave a Comment

The last little bit has been very busy for me. I have report cards due at school tomorrow and I’ve been sick (again). I’m finally getting over it but I’ve fallen behind in the things I need to do. So I’m writing this at 10:00 pm at night, just after finishing report cards, which is not like me but I haven’t had any other time. Not to…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: widowed doing it all alone, Stress, olivia arnold, Responsibilities, busy, Work

Going Postal

May 9, 2017 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

It’s been cold, rainy, and just plain miserable for the past two weeks.  The brief respite prior to our Texas trip, where it was summerlike for a few days did nothing but remind me that May in Ohio is fickle.  You can be sitting outside, sipping a cold beer in the sun one day, and the next, you’re protecting plants from frost and bundling up…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Therapy Tagged With: Mike Welker, widower with children, Excuses, Nature, Hiking, Work, Avoidance, Outdoors, Silver Lining, Weather, widower

Humbug

December 27, 2016 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Without a second thought, I stepped right into the holidays, as I’ve done for all but one year in the last 15 (the year Megan died was a little different).  Just after Thanksgiving, we got our Christmas tree, put up lights on the house, decorated indoors, and as a first, we set up my old model train on the dining table, complete with snow,…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Holidays, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Christmas, counseling, grumpy, widower, angry, Celebrations, December, Stress, self reflection, Mike Welker, past person, widower with children, Holidays, Work, winter

Halfway There

October 18, 2016 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

Next week, I’ll be 36 years old.  I had my first job at 15 years old, joined the Marine Corps at 17, was discharged at 22, and began working in the civilian world immediately thereafter. I was married at 24, a father at 26, and a widower at 34.  For 21 years, almost two thirds of my life, I’ve been working, playing, learning, and growing.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Leisure, widower, Long Term Illness, Mike Welker, widower with children, life, Work, Adulthood, Reset

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