Hope For Widows Foundation's Widows of Hope VIRTUAL 5K Run/Walk is back!!! Walk or run at your own pace. Run outside, use a treadmill, walk the dog, get a group together - it’s your place and pace. The purpose of ...
Giving birth was my first true injection of empowerment as an adult. When my oldest was born, I waddled into that hospital at 25 still very much a child. A few days later, I walked out a woman. With each ...
Only Two Years October 1, 2018, and it’s 2:35 am I have been in some sort of trance since September 24, 2018, which is the date my Devan left this world. This is the 2nd September we’ve had to acknowledge ...
When my late husband, Jared died I swore I’d never date again. Never fall in love. And would certainly never marry again. And if I did it would be after my son was grown. Twenty six months after Jared ...
Today, self-care has become a part of my routine, but it did not start out that way. It has now been three years since my husband died. For me, my first year as a widow was full of numbness. The ...
On the 2 Year anniversary of my husband's passing, I can say with absolute certainty that Year 2 was no better or easier or less painful than Year 1. It was excruciatingly difficult and so, so lonely. But, as widows, ...
September 26th of 2017. This is the last picture I ever took with my husband when he was alive. It was during our last night in Las Vegas...He took me with him for a work conference, and we had the ...
“What is in a Year?” I’m not even sure I know how to answer that question. I tell people all the time that I lost a year of my life. I remember very little of this past year. I have ...
Sunday would have been my 18th wedding anniversary to my late husband. And for the first time, I celebrated it as remarried widow. The fact that I am now remarried, did not stop me from celebrating my love story with ...
I moved this month. Over three weekends, friends and family helped me move furniture. I’ve moved slowly, taking a few boxes at a time to the new-to-me house, extracting myself from the home I had with Todd. It might have ...