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Category Coping Mechanisms

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Absence of Grief

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
July 23, 2023
When you have a week that you don't experience a grief moment like you thought you would. That absence of an episode leaves you feeling like something is missing. It is odd to miss grief. When everything is going to ...
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Spine Tingling: A Poem About Loss

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Relationships and Dating
July 18, 2023July 18, 2023
Now that I'm retired, I have a lot more time to focus on my personal writing. I'm working on a memoir, and I also write a lot of poetry. Most of my poetry is extremely personal and I only share ...
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Coping with Grief Through Poetry — “Saltine Crackers”

by Amanda Crane in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing
July 18, 2023
Saltine Crackers  by Amanda Latrenta Crane   Women feed other women in deep grief because we forget basic needs like Food. Water. Sleep.   I can’t remember if I drank the cranberry juice before or after they declared him dead ...
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From So Overjoyed to So Overwhelmed

by Dorothy Swanson in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
July 17, 2023
  From So Overjoyed to So Overwhelmed   I always knew that life was filled with tests & trials, ups & downs, mountain top joys and sorrows in the valley, but knowing I had my husband as my constant seemed ...
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Welcoming a new grandbaby……..soon

by Pam Williams in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation
July 12, 2023
Our family is readying to welcome a new grandbaby at the end of July. This will be the fourth (and second boy!).  Glenn was alive and present at the birth of our first grandbaby. He was so proud and excited ...
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Messy Mornings: 3 Choices I Have Each Day

by Dorothy Swanson in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
July 12, 2023
Messy Mornings: 3 Choices I Have Each Day   Early in my personal grief journey, sometimes one of the hardest times of the day was freshly waking up. A healthy deep sleep seemed to whisk me away into some sense ...
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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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Widows Don’t Need Your Permission

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
July 9, 2023
I'm not sure what it is about someone becoming widowed that immediately allows people to think that they can tell said widow what to do. I have experienced this myself, of course, but have seen it in action amongst my ...
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Changing Seasons

by Teri Miner in Coping Mechanisms, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
June 30, 2023June 30, 2023
Transformational change occurs when a person or family makes a fundamental change in how they live. It's often triggered by a dramatic change of surroundings, conditions, or influences. The loss of a significant person from your life can bring transformational ...
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Creating a Safe Place

by Ajai Blue-Saunders in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
June 29, 2023
  I’ve been absent from the blogging world for over six months creating a safe place. The importance of creating, developing, defining and sustaining a safe place for my daughter and I supersedes all other concerns.   We all take for ...
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