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Decisions, decisions…

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
May 22, 2025
...decisions. I got entirely too used to Bret making most of the decisions for us, or at least very heavily weighing in when I had decisions to make for myself. It was no secret that he called all the shots. ...
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Beyond Tired

by Dorothy Swanson in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health
May 19, 2025May 19, 2025
    There is no proper term to do justice to the type of tiredness involved in being a grieving, solo Mama. We are overworked, never paid, tapped out, burnt out and worn out. Fatigued and sometimes jaded. Filled with ...
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Progress & Pain Can Be Together

by Dorothy Swanson in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation
April 29, 2025May 19, 2025
I have never loved anyone in my life as much as I loved my husband. I have never missed anyone more than I do him. I have never been as changed by the absence of someone as much as I ...
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A Widow’s Difficult Decision

by Carmen Myrtis-Garcia in Coping Mechanisms, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
April 22, 2025April 22, 2025
It wasn't by choice for many of us women to live solo. The love of our life left this earth while we expected, believed or hoped to have many more years together.  We miss our husband and the life that ...
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The Early Days

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
April 19, 2025
I remember that day in much more detail than I wish I could. Many folks who've gone through the same or similar traumas have often mentioned that they don't remember much about it; sadly, I remember way too much. I ...
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Alive Again

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Widowhood Journey
April 11, 2025April 11, 2025
Even though the term "Adrenal Fatigue" isn't a recognized medical term, I've known far too many people who are plagued by adrenal issues. I am amongst those people. While I have never had a concrete diagnosis, my medical care provider ...
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The Voices that Matter

by Sonney Wolfe in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
April 3, 2025April 8, 2025
My father’s favorite canned advice, whenever he found me floundering in my academics (which was often) – was “Why don’t you just be a golfer. Women can make good money that way.” I’d no interest in golfing, nor had I ...
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Celebrating the wins-even the small ones.

by Dorothy Swanson in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
March 31, 2025May 19, 2025
I recently read a definition of widow-mom: A woman left alone due to the death of her husband, left to raise a child or children without their father. I know this is truth because it is my life, but it ...
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Still Emerging

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
March 23, 2025March 23, 2025
It typically takes a butterfly 7-14 days to emerge from its chrysalis. I am past the seven-year mark now and still trying to hatch. Before I met Bret, I was a completely different person than I am now. And that's ...
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Grief Repressed/Grief Expressed

by Carmen Myrtis-Garcia in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
March 20, 2025March 20, 2025
We have a choice when it comes to our own grief. We can deny it, stifle the tears, stuff it down, cover it over, and try to bury it. Or we can cry a river, sob, wail, pound our pillow ...
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