Coping Mechanisms Archives - Hope For Widows Foundation

Let it Sting

by Heidi Vegh in #hope, Coping Mechanisms, Emotions, Grief, Healing, Hope for Widows, Love, Young Widow
December 31, 2019

The first holidays alone. 2013. I escaped and refused to do anything “Christmasy”. I usually loved the holidays. Decorating, baking, shopping and creating magic for my two little boys. I enjoyed making memories and creating traditions for our little family. ...

Decorating The Christmas Tree

by Carla Duff in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Healing, Holidays, hope, Hope for Widows, Hope for Widows Foundation
December 13, 2019

This is our 6th Christmas without Jared. Our 6th time decorating without him. Our 6th time filling his stocking with love. Our 6th year doing Christmas without him. Decorating the tree is a bittersweet time for me. All ...

Finding Beauty and Joy Amidst My Ashes

by Celi Olson in #hope, Coping Mechanisms, Emotions, God, Grief, Grief Journey, Healing, Healing Happens, Hope for Widows, joy, lifeisstillbeautiful, Warrior, Widow
November 3, 2019

When tragedy strikes it can be so difficult to see anything good come out of it. All you can see is what is right in front of you. For me it was, I'm alone raising 2 kids. I'm lonely. Then ...

Parenting After Loss…

by Carla Duff in Children and Grief, Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Healing, Hope for Widows, parenting, Solo Parenting, Widow, Young Widow
October 21, 2019

As a solo widowed mom, I often think that I have to be extra careful. That nothing can happen to me. Because if I die, there is no one left to love my child completely, unconditionally in a way only ...

Baby Steps Toward Hope

by Susan Leathers in #hope, Coping Mechanisms, Early Mourning, Emotions, Giving Back, God, Grief, Grief Journey, Healing, Healing Happens, hope, Hope for Widows, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widow
October 19, 2019

When I first stumbled across the Hope for Widows website over a year ago, I thought, What in the world? Hope? How can a widow of all people have hope? Hope for what? Hope in what? Hope that I don’t ...

Happily Ever After, Loss, and What’s Next?

by Jennifer Carstens in #hope, #husband, anniversary, Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Grief Journey, Healing, Hope for Widows, Hope for Widows Foundation, Inspiration, Loss, Love, Memories, Support, Widow
October 7, 2019October 7, 2019

Life Plan and the Happily Ever After Our lives unfold in stages. We wait for the beginning of the next exciting and challenging step. I looked forward to riding the bus to start school, then I could not wait to ...

Week one – Leaving

by Anu in Anger, Children and Grief, Coping Mechanisms, Emotions, Grief, Grief Journey, Health, Health and Wellness, Humor, irrational thoughts, Loss, Love, Mental Health, Single Parenting, Solo Parenting, Young Widow
October 5, 2019

Diary of a grieving Musician Week One This is my diary that I have been writing to you since the day I left for new beginnings [A Womans Refuge] (two days after I found out you had passed away). You ...

Sugar, Dogs, and Joy

by Susan Leathers in #hope, Coping Mechanisms, Emotions, Grief Journey, Healing, Healing Happens, hope, Hope for Widows, Inspiration, joy, lifeisstillbeautiful, Self Care
October 4, 2019

If you’ve ever given up sweets for a while, you know how satisfying three M & M’s or a single Hershey’s Kiss can be. Or maybe you’ve stopped drinking pop, and when you finally try one again, a few swallows ...

He’ll Always Be…Where?

by Susan Leathers in #husband, Coping Mechanisms, Fitness, Grief Journey, Healing Happens, Hope for Widows, Hope for Widows Foundation, life lessons, lifeisstillbeautiful, Love, Memories
September 23, 2019

People have said all sorts of things to me in the last two years in efforts to offer comfort. Some have been confusing or inadvertently hurtful, and others held nuggets of truth that have come to make more sense with ...

Soon You’ll Get Better

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Coping Mechanisms, Dating, Emotions, Grief, Grief Journey, Healing, Loss, Love, Memories, Widow
September 9, 2019September 10, 2019

I was floating in the pool last weekend when it happened. I was soaking up the sun in my inflatable chair reflecting on my new and somewhat unbelievable life now. I’m dating four men. I’m out dancing at singles events. ...

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