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Angry All Over Again

by Cassie Dockter-Reeves in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting
November 27, 2024November 27, 2024
I writing from my son’s bedroom floor. He’s been struggling to sleep the past 6 weeks or so after sleeping like an angel baby his whole life. I don’t know what it is that’s bothering him, all I know is ...
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Ample Time to Grieve

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
November 11, 2024
If I had one bit of advice - and possibly a magic wand to help make it so - I would advise new widows to make sure that they give themselves ample time to grieve, post-loss. Of course, this goes ...
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Embracing the Holidays with Joy, Gratitude, and a Little Bit of Magic

by Krystal Casey in Grief, Hope and Healing, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
November 11, 2024
This year, something unexpected happened: I’m actually looking forward to the holidays. After years of greeting the season with a mix of dread, exhaustion, and let’s be honest, a bit of forced cheer, I feel something new—a spark of genuine ...
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An overwhelmed woman holds a baby in a cluttered kitchen, text reads, "WE GAIN STRENGTH, AND COURAGE, AND CONFIDENCE BY EACH EXPERIENCE IN WHICH WE REALLY STOP TO LOOK FEAR IN THE FACE.. WE MUST DO THAT WHICH WE THINK WE CANNOT. -ELEANOR ROOSEVELT"

Facing Weariness In My Widowhood Journey

by Cindy Schriver in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
November 3, 2024November 9, 2024
All moms face weariness, but for a widowed mom, that weariness can be tenfold. When you become a mom, you hear catchy phrases to remind you to take care of yourself, like “an empty cup can't pour out anything” or ...
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Widowhood: Nobody Wants to Talk About It

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
October 20, 2024
Rejections are a part of any writer's life and as a writer, I've seen my fair share. If I want to basically guarantee a rejection though, all I have to do is submit a piece about widowhood. It doesn't matter ...
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Too Little and Too Much

by Cassie Dockter-Reeves in Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
September 30, 2024September 30, 2024
When I’ve gone to write posts for this blog, the words just fell out of me. But not this time. This time it doesn’t feel like I have any words to give. Sometimes it feels like this is all I ...
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Preparing our older children for the game of life

by Cindy Schriver in Grief, Mental Health, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
September 27, 2024
  As mothers, we spent much of the first years of our children's life trying to protect them. From holding hands, to forcing sunscreen on wiggly toddlers, to buckling them in the car safely, to kissing scraped knees. It can ...
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10 Things I Did With the Kids After We Lost Their Dad to Help Us Heal

by Krystal Casey in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
September 26, 2024September 26, 2024
Losing my husband was one of the hardest experiences my kids and I have ever faced. As a widow and a mother, I felt the overwhelming pressure to support my children through their grief, all while trying to process my ...
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At the Table

by Ajai Blue-Saunders in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
September 4, 2024
Sometimes, as a not too recent widow, it has become harder to find people willing to listen.  To locate a compassionate, willing ear. Someone who is just available to hear me rehearse past hurts and relive my experiences on this ...
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The odd one out – Like a fish out of water

by Cindy Schriver in Hope and Healing, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
August 19, 2024
"Fish out of water” and “odd one out” are both great ways to describe life as a 39-year-old widowed mom of three young girls trying to navigate the perils of getting a college education. The first big decision is what ...
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