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Category Coping Mechanisms

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Saying Your Name

by Shanna Puckett-Anguiano in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
September 1, 2025August 27, 2025
It's not that I enjoy making people uncomfortable but I can't stop saying your name.   To people around me, outside of the bubble, you were a nothing that became a something and are now a nothing again.   To ...
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The Dreams, Though…

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
August 21, 2025August 21, 2025
TW: Suicide method Very early on, after Bret died, I couldn't dream about him. I couldn't feel his presence at all. I wasn't even sure if I wanted to dream about him--I knew that when I'd wake up the next ...
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Free At Last

by Shanna Puckett-Anguiano in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
August 18, 2025
Cause and effect. A concept that can have deep philosophical roots or a surface level fundamental basis. When something as tremendous as a spouse passing away happens, we often want to point fingers. Why did this happen? Who made this ...
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10 Unexpected Things Grief Has Taught Me

by Dorothy Swanson in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
August 12, 2025
10 Unexpected Things Grief Has Taught Me. 1) People say surprisingly hurtful things to grieving people, even those closest to you. Many will never apologize because they don’t even realize they offended you. 2) You may have been compassionate before ...
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I still wear the diamonds, though…

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
August 10, 2025
I haven't ever stopped wearing my wedding rings. Going on eight years out, I still wear them. Yes, there are two of them: my wedding ring plus another that was a family heirloom he had given me for my part ...
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Double Widow, Surviving and Flourishing

by Ruth Saunders in Coping Mechanisms
August 6, 2025
    Double Widow: surviving and flourishing, After just 20 years of marriage and 3 teenagers I found myself a Widow. It was not a surprise to me, we had nearly 10 years to prepare, but who is ever prepared. ...
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Frozen in Time

by Shanna Puckett-Anguiano in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
August 4, 2025August 3, 2025
Car still packed. Hospital bags collecting dust. The half drank Pepsi bottle still in the fridge. That is just a few of the time stamped areas 10 months into one of the most devastating moments of my life. I am ...
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Double Widow, Surviving and Flourishing

by Ruth Saunders in Coping Mechanisms
August 3, 2025August 6, 2025
    Double Widow: surviving and flourishing, After just 20 years of marriage and 3 teenagers I found myself a Widow. It was not a surprise to me, we had nearly 10 years to prepare, but who is ever prepared. ...
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Ninja Grief

by Teri Miner in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
July 26, 2025
I missed getting to write my posts here for several months because I was caring for an 88-year-old with memory issues and declining health. As her struggles grew more severe, and my time and energy was consumed with her care, ...
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Dear Bret: An Open Letter

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
July 23, 2025
Dear Bret, It's been a while since I wrote you a letter, and after I made the suggestion for other widows to write letters to their late partners, I decided to do the same. You've been gone now for over ...
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