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Amanda thought March 4th, 2020, would be just another normal morning until her husband, Ed, went into cardiac arrest due to his heart condition, HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. There was a 1% chance of sudden death, but he passed that day. He was 40 years young, and they had been married for 14 years. One week later the world went into lockdown due to Covid, and Amanda and her two small sons, who were 9 and 11, would be left grieving during the strangest of times.

During this time, writing was the only way Amanda could cope. She wrote the manuscript The Queen of Joyful Things, which are poems about losing her husband. She is happy to be a part of the Hope for Widows community and hopes her story will help other young widows. You can visit her at: https://amcrane76.wixsite.com/www-amanda-crane-wix

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Coping with Grief Through Poetry – “March Forth”

by Amanda Crane in Grief, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
May 15, 2024
March Forth   It’s reflex to set the fourth place.   My arms move quick across the dinner table.   Then I pull them back like children in danger.   People don’t understand – It’s not just the Big Obvious ...
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Coping with Grief Through Poetry – “March Forth”

by Amanda Crane in Grief
March 13, 2024
March Forth     It’s reflex to set the fourth place.   My arms move quick across the dinner table.   Then I pull them back like children in danger.   People don’t understand – It’s not just the Big ...
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Coping with Grief Through Poetry – “Spread”

by Amanda Crane in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing
February 13, 2024
Spread   If anyone is asking, my favorite day is March 3rd, 2020.   That’s the day we were still four.   That’s the day you had fizz.   That’s the day your body was still buzzing.   You sat ...
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Coping with Grief Through Poetry – “Sister”

by Amanda Crane in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Widowhood Journey
January 11, 2024
Sister   I am not sure if we became like mothers when we lost ours, or if we always were.   Lost is an appropriate word because we are always searching for her. Maybe she’s hiding, and that’s why she’s ...
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Coping with Grief Through Poetry – “Lit”

by Amanda Crane in Grief, Hope and Healing, Widowhood Journey
December 11, 2023
Lit   I hold the memorial for you at our house. Three hundred people domino up and down the stairs and the hallways.   There is a white tent outside for overflow and a firepit that the kids throw soda ...
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Current Location: Heaven

by Amanda Crane in Grief, Hope and Healing, Widowhood Journey
November 17, 2023
Current Location: Heaven     I like that I know exactly where you are.   I think you and my mom hang out and do weird things together.   That pair of pigeons crapping on my deck are suspect. Those ...
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Coping With Grief Through Poetry – “The Death Certificate”

by Amanda Crane in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
October 13, 2023
The Death Certificate   looks like our marriage certificate except our union is split, cleaved from me. I’m choiceless.   Onset to death 2.5 hours   Treatment given from onset to death 2.5 hours   Paramedics arrived at 7:03am Pronounced ...
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Coping with Grief Through Poetry – “Which Bone”

by Amanda Crane in Grief
September 13, 2023
Which Bone   I placed each urn and box on the white towel you used for your last shower before I lost you.   I used a flat paddle spoon to scoop your ashes into each one for Your Father ...
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Coping with Grief Through Poetry – “Ash”

by Amanda Crane in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Widowhood Journey
August 14, 2023
Ash   I know what you think – that it would be dark like ash from a campground, from a cigarette you shouldn’t be smoking. But it’s not a house fire. It’s matter that cannot be created nor destroyed.   ...
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Coping with Grief Through Poetry — “Saltine Crackers”

by Amanda Crane in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing
July 18, 2023
Saltine Crackers  by Amanda Latrenta Crane   Women feed other women in deep grief because we forget basic needs like Food. Water. Sleep.   I can’t remember if I drank the cranberry juice before or after they declared him dead ...
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