When Jared died, my entire world changed. It doesn't mean that my world couldn’t be good, or that I couldn’t be happy, or have a life filled with joy. It just means my world has changed. But until you have ...
I am a remarried widow. I love my new husband. I am happy with my new life. And sometimes that makes me feel disloyal to my late husband. My late husband loved me completely. Unconditionally. More than anything else. ...
When I first stumbled across the Hope for Widows website over a year ago, I thought, What in the world? Hope? How can a widow of all people have hope? Hope for what? Hope in what? Hope that I don’t ...
A friend of mine told me the other day how a new song on the radio makes her think of my late husband Matthew. She said it reminds her of all the fun memories we all had over the years—like ...
These last few weeks have been extremely rough. I am emotionally exhausted. My cup is empty and I have no more to give. And that feeling of complete emotional emptiness puts me in a melancholy mood. I begin to question ...
3rd Annual Widows of Hope VIRTUAL 5K is back with the partnership of The Mighty! Run outside, use a treadmill, walk the dog, walk solo, hit the track or a trail, get a group together and create a team - ...
Life Plan and the Happily Ever After Our lives unfold in stages. We wait for the beginning of the next exciting and challenging step. I looked forward to riding the bus to start school, then I could not wait to ...
Dear Widow, Though the days have come like sudden waves of pain and sorrow, know you are not alone. For those who have recently become widows, you are not alone. Those who have been on this journey for years, you're ...
When my partner in life died, the world as I knew it died. I was all alone. Heart broken. Devastated. And knew I would be that way for the foreseeable future. After a year or so, others encouraged me to ...
