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Category Coping Mechanisms

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He’ll Always Be…Where?

by Susan Leathers in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation
September 23, 2019June 19, 2020
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 ...
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grief triggers

Soon You’ll Get Better

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Relationships and Dating
September 9, 2019June 19, 2020
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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Bricks

by Jennifer Farley in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation
September 5, 2019June 19, 2020
At the YMCA pool every weekday morning at 5:30am you can find 4 people. The lifeguard, 2 lap swimmers, and me. You can also find near silence. Aside from the swish of the water and the hum of the pumps, ...
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National Grief Awareness Day: Do We Really Need It??

by Cheryl Barnes in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing
August 28, 2019June 19, 2020
The short answer is YES. We do.  Just like National Widow’s Day, it’s not something you hear about until it affects you. I wish that would change. Grief awareness is desperately needed in our society.  If the nature of grief ...
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Deciding Not to Date

by Susan Leathers in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing
August 17, 2019June 19, 2020
Making decisions as a widow is exhausting. Already, our emotional stores are spent, and we are physically exhausted from poor sleep. Some decisions are practical ones like checking a bank balance before paying a bill or choosing Raisin Bran over ...
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The Power of Choice.

by Marissa Mast in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing
August 12, 2019June 19, 2020
There has been a handful of moments in my life when I felt really, genuinely happy. I'm not talking about the kind of happiness that fluctuates on a day to day basis depending on what activities you have planned or ...
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Can We Please Stop

by Jennifer Farley in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope for Widows Foundation
July 31, 2019June 19, 2020
Can We Please Stop: Dreading going places where people might feel sorry for us? Girl, sit alone if you want and read your book. Go to a movie by yourself or dinner. Go to the party where you know it ...
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Strength Is On The Other Side of Doing

by Susan Leathers in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation
July 19, 2019June 19, 2020
Some days I just don’t want to. I don’t want to leave the house. I don’t want to follow through on obligations or promises. I don’t wanna anymore. When I feel this way, I wish someone would yank me out ...
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Change – Exciting or Scary?

by Carla Duff in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Relationships and Dating
July 17, 2019June 19, 2020
In one week, my new husband will arrive here in Florida. We will no longer have two homes, in two different states. We will no longer have a long distance marriage.  We will finally be a married couple, living under ...
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grief journey

Until Death Do Us Part

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing
July 10, 2019June 19, 2020
Rick and I were married on July 12, 1997. He died one month after our twentieth anniversary. This Friday will mark the second time I’ve spent our anniversary alone. In a way, it’s almost the third time, because on our ...
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