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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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Closure

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
July 9, 2023July 11, 2023
What is closure? Is it accepting that your loved one is gone. Processing unsaid words and feelings.   When Matt died it was three days after a fight in which we decided to separate. There was no time to prepare ...
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Sharing that I have moved on

by Laurel Snook in Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
July 2, 2023
I have been struggling on how to tell my in laws that I have moved on. It is not something that is easy to just say. Today I saw them and didn't say anything.   I wish I could just ...
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Grief Tiredness

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope for Widows Foundation, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
June 25, 2023
On Monday I said goodbye to my dog. The best thing for her but still ripped out my heart. I didn't want to go home that night to a house without her in it. Feeling exhausted knowing the tiredness of ...
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You deserve to be happy.

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
June 18, 2023
Happy ever after is what we thought we were getting when we got married. The only problem is we did not get our happy endings. And we started our widowhood journeys. While we all joined this club for the same ...
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Old fears 

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
June 11, 2023
I always feared Matt dying. It always seemed irrational until it wasn't. I dreamed about him dying. Then one day I got the call that I feared the most making all those fears valid in my head. If I had ...
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Time heals wounds it just takes years

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
June 4, 2023
The hits keep coming my dog who I have had for 13 years is starting to have issues. She has been with me through it all. Meeting Matt, falling in love, getting married, and him dying. Through it all she ...
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Memorial Day

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
May 28, 2023
Tomorrow is Memorial Day which in this country has turned into BBQ and parades celebrating the “Summer” starting. But tomorrow is not about that, it is about remembering those who have passed and honoring the ultimate sacrifice that some of ...
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Moving on with my ghost

by Laurel Snook in Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
May 21, 2023
Moving on after the losses we face come with challenges that dating did not have before. There is the ghost in the room. The ghost of the life you lived before.   My ghost is all over my home in ...
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Moving forward

by Laurel Snook in Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
May 7, 2023
For those of you that have been following my journey, you know that moving on has been a struggle for me. About a year after Matt died, I tried and quickly knew I was not ready. In the last year ...
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Be patient with me

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
May 1, 2023
Be patient with my heart it has been through so much. Be patient with my heart it experienced young traumas that hardened it. Be patient with my heart it is broken and is trying to put the pieces back together. ...
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