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Finding Joy in the Little Things: Embracing Everyday Magic After Loss

by Krystal Casey in Grief, Hope and Healing, Relationships and Dating, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
May 23, 2024May 23, 2024
As I watch my children play, I'm reminded of how much they've grown and changed over the past few years. Each day, they surprise me with their resilience, their joy, and their ability to find magic in the smallest of ...
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What kind of widow do you want to be?

by Dorothy Swanson in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
May 29, 2023
What kind of widow are you?  & What kind would you like to be? Widow is a word that feels tattooed to my flesh against my will. Try as I might to scrub it away, conceal it, or pretend I ...
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National Widows Day: Who is a Widow?

by Meghan Abate in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
May 1, 2023May 2, 2023
It isn’t black veils over gray hair. It isn’t wrinkly hands clasped in front of them standing at the cemetery. It isn’t (always) a 90 year old staring out the window at gloomy clouds day after day. There is no ...
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Considerate Grief?

by Meghan Abate in Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
April 17, 2023April 17, 2023
Within the first few months after my husband died, I very quickly learned that grief can be a lot of things: anguish, pain, anger, love, numbness. I mean, there are five stages after all. One word I haven’t heard when ...
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Creating Magic After Loss

Celebrating Special Occasions After Loss

by Krystal Casey in Grief, Hope and Healing, Mental Health, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
April 13, 2023April 13, 2023
I’m planning the baby’s 3rd birthday party. This will be her 3rd year without her daddy; she lost him exactly a week before she turned one. How many of you have celebrated birthdays or other occasions since losing your spouse? ...
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Remnants of the Past

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief, Hope and Healing, Widowhood Journey
April 8, 2023April 9, 2023
It was like coming across something significant on an archeological dig, that’s how this morning’s discovery felt. I was cleaning out the food cupboard where all the baking needs and oils and such are stored. So many packages have passed ...
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The Six Senses of Grief

by Dori Ann Dupre in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
January 4, 2023
The below creative nonfiction piece was recently published in Heartspace II: Real Life Stories on Loss and Renewal, an anthology collection edited by Cathy Brooks Edwards. This is second book in the Heartspace series and states that it is “an ...
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He was right

by Dori Ann Dupre in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting
November 14, 2022November 14, 2022
He was right. When you put one foot in front of the other, after your husband died, it may have taken awhile, but did you - at any point - begin to run? Or just jog, maybe, but still clearly ...
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Grief and Seasonal Affective Disorder

by Layla Beth Munk in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
September 11, 2022
We have officially turned the seasonal wheel from the light part of the year toward the darker days. Autumn is many people's preferred season and I absolutely understand why. It's gorgeous and cozy and offers us many treats of the ...
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Pale Space – A Short Story for Widows

by Dori Ann Dupre in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
September 2, 2022
A few years ago, I wrote a short story about some of the things I felt at the time and some things I thought I may feel in the future as I went along in my life without my husband. ...
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