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Angie Bell was born in Georgia but raised in Florida to where she recently returned after six years in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a former teacher who loves hiking, photography, and writing, often combining all three.

After planning for several years, working on a way to live on a shoestring budget, Angie’s husband of 41 years put in for early retirement so they could move back home. They put their house on the market and had a contract within four days. Less than two weeks later her husband was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. They decided to transfer his care and move back to Jacksonville, Florida, renting a furnished apartment and hoping for a miracle. One month later he was gone. After her third move in less than a year, Angie is now in Tampa where her grandchildren live, trying to find her way in her new life. God, in His mercy, has put numerous other widows in her life and a new empathy for this sisterhood she never would have chosen.

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Widowhood for Dummies

by Angie Bell in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
March 3, 2022March 4, 2022
image via geralt/pixabay   There seems to be a “How To" book for everything. So I decided to see if there was a handbook for widows and discovered there are such things out there. I have not read one yet, ...
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No More Cancer

by Angie Bell in Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
February 5, 2022
  I recently read an article by John Piper called “Don’t Waste Your Cancer”. It really got me to thinking. I don’t want to waste my husband’s cancer. His first point was: You will waste your cancer if you do ...
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All the Little Moments

by Angie Bell in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
January 29, 2022
It’s not always the holidays, or birthdays, or anniversaries, but all the other little days that can knock me for a loop. I can prepare for and make plans to avoid stress on the special days. But what about when ...
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We and I

by Angie Bell in Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
January 8, 2022
  I’ve read a handful of books on grief, widowhood, and related topics the past 18 months. One book, Two-Part Invention by Madeleine L’Engle, intertwines the story of her marriage and the story of her husband’s death. She touches on ...
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IT IS

by Angie Bell in Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
December 28, 2021
The phrase “It is what it is” is one that neither my husband nor I liked. It was so overused and misused. But, today, I came across it twice in my readings and thought maybe I should take another look, ...
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A Little Bit More

by Angie Bell in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
December 12, 2021December 12, 2021
This second Holiday Season is harder than the first. Last year I traveled to Tampa, so it wasn’t like I was in familiar territory trying to keep up Christmas traditions. This year I’m living in Tampa and decided I wanted ...
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Year Two

by Angie Bell in Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
November 28, 2021
Sometimes it is just so wearying being a widow. The first year I just kept going because I had no choice. I was really the only one who could handle the paperwork changes, the setting up of  accounts, the scanning, ...
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Lamentations and Hope

by Angie Bell in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
November 13, 2021
A lamentation is an expression of sorrowing, mourning, or regret. This blog is full of lamentations from widows. But it is also full of hope, hence the name “Hope for Widows”.   I recently read a blog post about venting. ...
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Missing Grandpa

by Angie Bell in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation
October 30, 2021
Bell Camp -2019   I am thankful that my two grandchildren were old enough to have spent time with my husband, Chuck. They have good memories of Grandpa, though not nearly as many as I wish they could have had.  ...
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Coping

by Angie Bell in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation
October 16, 2021
I thought this week about  how people grieve differently and how there is no “one size fits all” way to cope with grief, just as there is no time-frame.  I’ve read others express numerous times in the past week how ...
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