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Watching the Lions in Africa – Together

by Carla Duff in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
July 17, 2021
One of the things my late husband always wanted to do was see a lion in the wild of Africa. Unfortunately, this was one wish that never came true.    My late husband was a lung transplant recipient and the ...
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Remaining Grounded

by Piper Rose in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Mental Health
July 12, 2021
Life without a husband is hard.  Like, really hard.  I know my husband is here in spirit, and yes we talk daily.  However he’s not here to wrangle the boys when I’m trying to cook dinner, or to take them ...
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Soul Healing on a Mountain

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
July 11, 2021July 11, 2021
While Matt was the person that made me feel home and safe, Maine is the place that owns my heart. I have spent the last nine months lost. I have felt so alone even surrounded by people I know who ...
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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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