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Describing Grief

by Dorothy Swanson in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
November 13, 2023
Grief is....   Grief is…. Losing your past, present, and future all at the same time. Creeping forward when the weight you carry seems to push you to the floor. Feeling like your heart is stuck in a meat grinder. ...
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Shared Hope and Faith

by Ajai Blue-Saunders in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
October 23, 2023
This week I had the opportunity to again attempt to help people understand a widow’s journey- or specifically my journey. I presented at a university’s 15th annual Good Grief conference where this year’s topics featured presenters speaking on mental health ...
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Widow Brain

by Dorothy Swanson in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
October 15, 2023October 16, 2023
  Widow Brain When I first heard the term “widow brain,” or "widows fog,"  I just assumed that widow brain was a difficult experience during only the earliest months of grief. As I have read more about the topic, I’ve ...
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The Greatest Gift You Can Give A Widow

by Dorothy Swanson in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
October 6, 2023
The Greatest Gift You Can Give A Widow   Sometimes the greatest gift you can give a widow is asking her about her husband. Ask her sincerely. Ask and truly listen. Speak positively, kindly and reassuringly whenever it feels right. ...
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Distortions

by Ajai Blue-Saunders in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
October 1, 2023
Don’t let the trauma and grief we have experienced distort who we are and who God is. As I go through challenges and troubles, the evil that I’ve experienced while alive on this earth can often limit my perspective of ...
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Triggers & Trauma

by Dorothy Swanson in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
September 26, 2023
  Triggers & Trauma   Crisp fall air triggers a wave of nausea. Falling leaves remind me of sitting, shocked and broken watching a group of loved ones entertain my boys with a giant leaf pile in the earliest moments ...
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What Would They Think About Life These Days?

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
September 22, 2023
It's been almost six years since I became widowed, which sometimes seems like millennia and other times, like mere weeks. There are so many things that have happened in our world since then, though, and to be honest, I don't ...
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Helping Young Children Grieve

by Dorothy Swanson in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
September 13, 2023
Helping Young Children Grieve   My oldest son had just turned five years old when his Daddy died. Daddy didn’t feel quite right when he woke up on Mommy’s birthday, and rested as if he were dealing with what we ...
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Steps Forward, Steps Back

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Relationships and Dating, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
September 11, 2023
A new way of looking at setbacks.   We all know the idea of taking two steps forward, then three steps back, or whatever other number combinations you can think of. (Paula Abdul even sang about it!) This concept says ...
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Letting Go

by Dorothy Swanson in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
August 28, 2023
Letting Go   “Letting go.” Two words that sound so simple to accomplish, but yet confuse me. I’m not sure I even know exactly what real, honest and true “letting go” looks like or feels like on a grief journey. ...
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