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Handling Grief

by Teri Miner in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
December 1, 2023December 1, 2023
We’re all looking for the best way to handle our grief, especially at those trigger heavy times when holidays, special days, and anniversaries come. On Tuesday it will be what should have been our 41st wedding anniversary. It’s right smack ...
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Late Gratitude

by Ajai Blue-Saunders in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
November 30, 2023
Something new is happening in America.  This year was one in many recent times that some large retail stores decided to “go dark” for Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day to allow staff time to spend with family and friends. Since ...
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The Gravity of Gratitude

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
November 20, 2023
This is the time of year when we start hearing a lot about what we're thankful for. I love turning the focus of the upcoming holidays to something that celebrates gratitude for many reasons, one of which is the fact ...
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I’m Not as Strong as You Think

by Dorothy Swanson in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
November 6, 2023
I’m Not As Strong As You Think   I’m not as strong as you think. In fact, inside I always feel weak. I can paste on a smile, And a cheerful tone for a while.   I can act and ...
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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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Coping With Grief Through Poetry – “The Death Certificate”

by Amanda Crane in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
October 13, 2023
The Death Certificate   looks like our marriage certificate except our union is split, cleaved from me. I’m choiceless.   Onset to death 2.5 hours   Treatment given from onset to death 2.5 hours   Paramedics arrived at 7:03am Pronounced ...
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Upcoming Anniversary

by Pam Williams in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
October 6, 2023
The time of year has hit where there ae so many days that have meanings to me but really no one else. Literally I can sit and relive each day from today though November 3, 2019. Many sounds even trigger ...
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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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