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Laurel became a young widow on October 2, 2020, her husband Matt had a heart attack he was only 37. Matt was a juvenile diabetic and they always knew he would die young but she never thought that she could be a widow at 32. Navigating grief with anxiety, regrets and guilt have been a struggle for Laurel. They had gotten into a fight days before he died and they had talked about divorce. One of the things that helped her the most is finding other widows who understood the pain she was feeling. In February she decided to start writing her story. Self-care is something else she started to do daily and art has become her outlet to get what she is feeling out which she shares on her Instagram. Being a young widow comes with its own challenges but we are not alone in this journey.
You can find her on Instagram @HealingPorcupine or her personal blog link- Healingporcupine.com.

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Darkness

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
March 19, 2023
This week has been the fight against the darkness. Out of nowhere, it started rolling in. I don’t know if it was not having power on Tuesday because of a snowstorm. Wondering if my dad was going to have to ...
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I Will See You in My Dreams

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
March 12, 2023
I lay awake not wanting to go to sleep. You have been in my dreams this week. Not once but twice. After ten months of nothing you came to visit twice.   While you are with me it is amazing, ...
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In another time

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
March 5, 2023
In another time in another place he is with me. In another time in another place I sit at the kitchen table listening to the clock tick while I read my book. He is still in bed and that is ...
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ADHD and Grief

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
February 26, 2023
Yesterday if someone was watching me clean my house, they would have made a reel out of it. I was trying to clean and organize my room so I could get the rest of the furniture from my grandmas and ...
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Empty house

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
February 19, 2023
The house is empty. No more furniture. No more pictures. No more people celebrating birthdays and holidays. No more family around the dining room table. No more memories to be made there. No more feeling like my ghosts are there. ...
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Love Yourself

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
February 12, 2023
Love yourself We lost the love of our lives. And Holidays are always there to remind us. Survived Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's think it is finally safe and Valentine's Day comes out of nowhere. Ads for flowers and gifts ...
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Sadness

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
January 29, 2023
Sadness has made a home this week and I can’t seem to shake it. It has been a week of sadness for no reason other than my messed-up brain. And something small probably triggered me and I don’t know what ...
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Moving Past Regrets

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
January 22, 2023
Last week I was angry and made a post listing all the things that made me that way in grief. Someone committed about regrets. And I could write a list of all my regrets. Brene Brown has become one of ...
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Anger

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
January 16, 2023
Anger that I did not get my Happy Ever After. Anger that I only got eight years. Anger that this life is really my life. Anger that I was not there in his final moments.   Anger that I did ...
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Online Dating

by Laurel Snook in Hope for Widows Foundation, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
January 8, 2023
I am a workaholic and would rather be at home alone than go out. To move on and start dating I am trying online dating. And it has not worked in my favor yet. When I first got this brilliant ...
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