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Category Coping Mechanisms

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Suddenly, I wasn’t a wife anymore

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
July 10, 2021April 20, 2022
How I went from Wife to Widow to Happy  I will always be my late husband’s wife. His legal documents all say as much, including the final ones. As of 3:11pm on February 11, 2018, however, I was no longer ...
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Senior Photos with Dad

by Carla Duff in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
July 10, 2021July 10, 2021
My son recently did his senior photo session for school. It was another one of those bittersweet moments. A moment I wish his dad was here to witness.  There have been so many countless bittersweet moments since Jared died. As ...
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Own your grief, but don’t let grief own you. 

by Tricia Kauffman in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing
July 7, 2021July 7, 2021
Own your grief, but don’t let grief own you.  You’ve been through hell on Earth. You’ve endured a loss only few can comprehend.  You get to cry whenever you feel like it, for whatever reason.  You get to be a ...
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A Would-Be Platinum Fairy Tale

by Lisa Kumagai in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
July 7, 2021July 7, 2021
7/7/2001. Twenty years ago today Steve and I got married on a sun-drenched veranda overlooking the hills , under a rose-embellished gazebo, witnessed by 210 of our closest friends, family, and absolute strangers (aka our parents' friends we'd never met ...
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My Forever Shotgun Rider

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
July 4, 2021July 4, 2021
I am on my first vacation since the pandemic started it is also my first as a widow. I don't have the man that I choose as my forever shotgun rider anymore. I decided to go to Maine to see ...
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How to be a BAD-A$$ Widow

by Tricia Kauffman in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing
June 30, 2021
How to be a Bad A$$ Widow (hell yes that’s all capitalized, we’ve earned it)  Tricia R. Kauffman   Let me start off by saying I thought I was a bad ass/independent woman prior to all of this. I learned ...
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To Belong

by Ajai Blue-Saunders in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
June 26, 2021
I run a widow’s peer support group that meets monthly.  We gather from all walks of life and all parts of the metro area to share stories and heartaches, mostly through tears.  Tears are not a requirement of belonging, but ...
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7th Birthday in Heaven

by Carla Duff in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
June 6, 2021
Tomorrow would be my late husband’s 44th birthday. But instead he is forever 37.     Our son and I miss Jared every day.   Wish he could be here. Would love to once again celebrate his birthday with him.    It’s ...
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Letter From My “Future” Self

by Melissa Pierce in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
June 1, 2021June 1, 2021
Writing doesn't come easy for me.  I wish it did.  I am envious of those people that can write down their thoughts in a flowing, coherent and reflective way without second-guessing or heavily editing.  Maybe someday I’ll get there. When ...
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Being Stuck

by Ajai Blue-Saunders in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
May 28, 2021
A few months ago, March 23, 2021 to be exact, an international crisis happened that sent ripples throughout the world.  A massive container ship, the Ever Given was stuck for over a week in the Suez Canal, one of the ...
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