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Grief, Year Four: Embracing Life for Both of Us

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief, Hope and Healing, Widowhood Journey
August 11, 2021August 12, 2021
This past week, I was up at our cottage in northern Michigan, and I joined the family at nearby Ocqueoc Falls. Rick used to make fun of the falls. When I first took him there, he kept laughing as he ...
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Mountains and Valleys

by Tanya Christians in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
August 27, 2020September 6, 2020
Sometimes I see life as a series of mountains and valleys.  I have just come back from another hike.  I have done several overnight, back country, backpacking trips but this one was another special one.  It was extra hard with ...
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Exercising the Old Heart Muscle

by Susan Leathers in Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
July 23, 2020
How many times have you heard: “You are so strong!”? Or seen memes that compliment a widow’s strength, like this one: “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have”?  I didn’t realize ...
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What to do with an empty nest

by Susan Leathers in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
January 22, 2020June 19, 2020
“You’re an empty nester now. How do you like living alone?”  I’ve been asked this frequently since my youngest daughter moved out last month. Honestly? I don’t always like it. Some days, I absolutely hate it. The word “nest” reminds ...
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Sugar, Dogs, and Joy

by Susan Leathers in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing
October 4, 2019June 19, 2020
If you’ve ever given up sweets for a while, you know how satisfying three M & M’s or a single Hershey’s Kiss can be. Or maybe you’ve stopped drinking pop, and when you finally try one again, a few swallows ...
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He’ll Always Be…Where?

by Susan Leathers in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation
September 23, 2019June 19, 2020
People have said all sorts of things to me in the last two years in efforts to offer comfort. Some have been confusing or inadvertently hurtful, and others held nuggets of truth that have come to make more sense with ...
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Putting Away My Widow Card

by khadija ali in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation
July 8, 2019June 19, 2020
  August 13th, 2019 will mark twelve years since my husband, Ali, passed away. It's still hard to believe it's been more than a decade since he left this planet. I still remember details of the day he closed his ...
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When donuts don’t help

by Susan Leathers in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation
June 10, 2019June 19, 2020
I lost one pound this week. My winter diet of donuts and wine was not working out after all. It was fun while it lasted, but it’s time for me to take back control. I’ve had enough to hurt about, ...
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Ease In

by Jennifer Farley in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting
May 30, 2019June 19, 2020
I am a teacher, and while I used to look forward to a good break from school, all of that changed when I lost Shane. Not just for me, but for my boys as well. It’s like we quit knowing ...
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Sometimes You’ve Gotta Fake Joy To Get To The Real Thing

by Kelly Cann in Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation
March 13, 2019June 19, 2020
Sometimes You’ve Gotta Fake Joy To Get To The Real Thing   This was me 4 years ago, faking joy, 420 feet above the Skokomish River on the High Steel Bridge in my home state of Washington. This truss arch ...
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