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Firsts. They suck.

by Marissa Mast in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting
August 24, 2018June 19, 2020
After Nate died, I was told so many times that the first year would be the worst because of all the “firsts” I would have to go through without him. In the back of my mind, I knew this would ...
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Widowhood Can Suck But It Doesn’t Have To Forever

by Carla Duff in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting
August 22, 2018June 19, 2020
Being a widow can really suck.   Watching your husband die sucks Telling your child their dad died and is never coming home sucks. Having to move forward because their is no other option sucks. Death sucks.  And it sucks ...
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Look Out High School … Here He Comes

by Carla Duff in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting
August 13, 2018June 19, 2020
My son started high school today. My little baby is now a high school freshman. I’m not exactly sure how that happened. I swear just yesterday I was rocking him to sleep. And how he’s playing on his high school ...
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Behind My Eyes

by Cheryl Barnes in Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting
August 12, 2018June 19, 2020
    Behind my Eyes   When I was new to grieving, I used to call my mother a lot to get advice, confirmation that I wasn’t losing my mind or just to talk.  She is a widow too. My ...
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My Rucksack of Emotions

by Kelly Tabiner in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting
August 10, 2018June 19, 2020
The day I heard that my partners body had been found, my emotions for him paused and I remained stuck in a world of guilt for many years. Guilt because I was still living, and my life was still moving ...
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Co-Pilot

by Angie Bush in Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting
August 2, 2018June 19, 2020
I love road trips and being in the car. It’s always been when I think. Maybe because as someone who has been a mother from a young age it is the only moment I get all to myself or maybe ...
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Mast, Party of Two.

by Marissa Mast in Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting
July 26, 2018June 19, 2020
Guys. Parenting is freaking hard. I vividly remember that evening in late August when two pink lines (and later a Clearblue “pregnant”) revealed that Nate and I had created life together and would soon be entering the unknown chapter of ...
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Change

by Angie Bush in Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting
July 25, 2018June 19, 2020
Change stinks. Like the first Christmas morning waking up knowing the magic is gone. But it’s not really the magic that has changed, what has changed is your understanding of the magic. Gone is your naivety, and in its absence ...
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Vocabulary of Widowhood

by Brittany Phillips in Grief, Hope and Healing, Solo Parenting
July 24, 2018June 19, 2020
Since becoming a widow, I inadvertently learned a new emotional vocabulary. One of which I didn’t know even existed. Words such as survivor’s guilt, solo parenting, grief triggers, and duality would have carried zero weight in my life had I ...
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Breathe Again…..

by Sharon Grant in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Solo Parenting
July 16, 2018June 19, 2020
I became a widow almost nineteen years ago. Though I was still walking, talking, and taking care of our children, I discovered that my life merely became a means of surviving each day. Of course, at the age of 33 ...
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