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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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Letter to a New Widow

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation
February 27, 2022
Dear New Widow, I am sorry you are here. The last thing I pictured myself doing was blogging for a widow’s group but in my darkest moment, I found comfort among people that understood my pain. Recently my newsfeed on ...
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Anxiety and Grief My Forever Friends

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health
February 20, 2022
I have long suffered from Anxiety. This week I started to listen to Brene Brown’s new book Atlas to the Heart. I am going to be purchasing a hard copy of the book it is one that I think I ...
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Pour It Out

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
February 13, 2022February 14, 2022
Pour it out…We all need those people in our lives that are there to support and love us in our deepest darkest moments. Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and I refuse to be sad about not having my love this year. ...
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Forgetting him

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
February 6, 2022
My heart broke a bit this weekend in an unexpected way. We had a pretty ice storm on Friday, and I was walking around taking pictures, and then as I was feeding, I took a picture of the clouds at ...
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I Don’t Dance

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health
January 30, 2022
I'll never settle down That's what I always thought Yeah, I was that kind of man Just ask anyone I don't dance, but here I am One year, three months, twenty-six days. Sitting at my desk stressed to the max ...
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Rewrite

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
January 23, 2022
Do you ever wish you could have a rewrite on life? Didn’t like how that part of my life went I will just change it like they do when they make a book into a movie. Nope don’t like that ...
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Faith in the Darkness

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
January 16, 2022
When Matt died people thought that I was mad at God for what happened. I wasn’t. One of the things that I remember clearly from going to the hospital was yelling it was not supposed to end like this he ...
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New Beginnings

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
January 2, 2022
Happy New Year! I stayed up until midnight and watched the celebrations on TV. My house was quiet grandma fell asleep around 10:30 would wake up for a minute or two and then go back to sleep. I found myself ...
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Goodbye 2021

by Laurel Snook in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
December 26, 2021
2021 was my first year without Matt after nine years of  knowing him. I am not going to lie and say that I remember too much of it. Brain fog hit me hard for the first six months of the ...
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Peace and Hope for Christmas

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
December 19, 2021
Tonight, I went to the Candlelight service at my church. I have been attending church via zoom since the pandemic started and last year was not in a place mentally to go to candlelight. Stepping back into the church I ...
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