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Breathe, just breathe.

by Therese Marchitelli in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation
April 15, 2020June 19, 2020

I was really good at that - breathe, be, let go, space. What I wasn’t good at was engaging with the “dust” before it settled or getting sucked into reaction. There’s a lot that’s transpired in science, medicine, technology. psychology, ...

Facing a Crisis Alone

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief
March 19, 2020June 19, 2020

The world is a scary place right now, and I know there are a lot of people alone in their homes, waiting it out. There are many who have always been alone, who have never found a companion they wanted ...

Three Years Ago Today

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief
February 28, 2020June 19, 2020

My friend Jo sent me a Facebook memory. Three years ago today, I was with Rick on the Florida gulf. We were sitting with Jo watching a gorgeous sunset in Rick’s favorite spot on Madeira Beach. I sat staring at ...

Swimming with Sharks

by Jennifer Carstens in Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting
November 13, 2019June 19, 2020

Getting Eaten by Sharks After experiencing the horrible event of my husband’s stroke, my life has changed forever. When John was in the ICU after suffering a massive brain stem hemorrhage, it was constant stress and chaos for me and ...

Wanting What I Used to Have

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief, Hope and Healing
October 27, 2019June 19, 2020

Sunday afternoons used to be my favorite time of the week. Sunday afternoons on a chilly, gloomy fall day (as much as I HATE the approaching winter) were even better. Right about now, Rick would be ready for a nap. ...

The Dark Days

by Samantha White in Grief, Hope and Healing
July 31, 2019June 19, 2020

Maybe we don't talk about the dark days enough. Maybe we don't write about them enough. That early grief, that raw mourning. Maybe once we begin to move forward through our grief journey and time passes, we simply just don't ...

Until Death Do Us Part

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing
July 10, 2019June 19, 2020

Rick and I were married on July 12, 1997. He died one month after our twentieth anniversary. This Friday will mark the second time I’ve spent our anniversary alone. In a way, it’s almost the third time, because on our ...

Lessons Learned

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief, Uncategorized
June 28, 2019June 19, 2020

I’ve been having issues with impatience lately. I mean, I’ve always been one to want something done ASAP. In my late teens, I remember painting my parents’ living room in one day. The room had needed a new coat of ...

What I’m Left With

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Relationships and Dating
June 15, 2019June 19, 2020

I catch myself talking out loud a lot when I’m alone in the car. Luckily, nowadays, the passengers in the cars around me assume I’m on a hands-free phone, so it doesn’t seem strange to see me alone gabbing away ...

The Missing Piece

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief
May 19, 2019June 19, 2020

I woke up today realizing I feel more alone now than I ever have in my life. And it’s not just that I’m living alone for the first time - no parents, no child: totally alone in this quiet house. ...

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