Widow's Voice

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For All of Us!

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We take off our wedding rings…

(or) We leave them on…

(or) We wear our ring on our neck…

 

We don’t believe in an after-life…

(or) We believe our partner is near and talk to our person every day….

(or) We find meaning in places our person has been and we return there…

 

We long to move toward another meaningful relationship….

(or) we say we never want to marry again….

(or) we are surprised by love and captured in a new and different way…

 

We see signs in the world that get us in touch with our person’s essence…

(or) We don’t believe such signs exist, but we know it is real for others…

(or) We admit that we’ve never really thought about it and are not invested in either way of thinking….

 

We Process Our Grief in Different Ways

 

As unique beings who live life in varying ways including education, family dynamics, religion, experiences in our lifetimes, traumas received, avoided, or dodged, favorite sports teams, political persuasion or apolitical, tall or short, active or sedentary—we each process the loss of our special person in our own unique way.

 

You Do You

 

There is a sparkle in life when we embrace each other without labels, shoulds, or judgments. You do you; I do me. And there is room for each of us to follow the beat of our own inner drummer.

 

Long Live Love!

 

 

About Kathie Neff

Kathie Neff was widowed on April 15, 2021. She and her beloved husband, Dan, were high school sweethearts and enjoyed dancing and riding horses together. They lived in gratitude, hope and forgiveness for 50 years and nine months when Dan passed quietly late at night, surrounded by their seven children who, with Kathie, were caring for him in their family home.

Dan and Kathie have been a part of Camp Widow and Soaring Spirits International since its inception, as members of Michele Neff Hernandez’s cadre of helpers from the Neff family.

Kathie believes strongly in the strength and bond that is the gift of community and brings a heart of love for all who have been affected by death and dying.

Long live love. XO