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My Beautiful Kintsugi Heart

by Melissa Pierce in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
January 8, 2021
We all know that feeling of a broken heart - wow, do we ever.  After Dave died my heart literally felt physically broken.  It was doing flip-flops in my chest and skipping beats like crazy.   I’d been diagnosed with a ...
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Three years, two months, 12 days

by Susan Leathers in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
December 29, 2020
Since my husband died, I’ve learned that the word “widow” can be a label, as if being a widow is a static condition. It’s deceptively simple and cloaks the fact that each widow is unique and that widowhood and grief ...
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Disneyland Christmas?

by Melissa Pierce in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
December 24, 2020December 24, 2020
“Melissa, you’re brilliant!” I thought to myself.   I had this great idea to spend our first holiday after Dave’s death in Disneyland.  What a perfect distraction, right?  I walked downstairs where the boys were playing video games - they were ...
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Traditions, Widowhood, and the time of COVID

by Lisa BooneBogacki in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
December 15, 2020December 15, 2020
Anyone who has experienced loss knows how difficult holidays can be, and how traditions can be tricky beasts. For me, the first holiday season after Gary died fell a mere 3 months later. We were all still in shock. When ...
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Sweet Memories & Courage to Move Forward

by Melissa Pierce in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
December 11, 2020December 11, 2020
Memories I'm writing this post on my 20th wedding anniversary with Dave - he died suddenly in his sleep almost 10 years ago.  I have a little smile on my face as I remember getting to know him as a ...
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peace instead of pain

Peace Instead of Pain

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief, Hope and Healing, Widowhood Journey
December 5, 2020December 6, 2020
I’m not sure if every widow does this, but I tend to gravitate towards watching any TV show or movie where the main character is a widow. It’s always interesting to me to see how the plot treats widowhood. Is ...
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Quote, "Just because someone carries it well doesn't mean it isn't heavy."

My Grief Box

by Tanya Christians in Grief, Hope and Healing, Widowhood Journey
November 29, 2020
I push to move forward and reclaim my broken life.  I want to thrive and build a life full of good memories with my children despite being so shattered by death stealing from our home.  It was three years in ...
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Serving Hope on Thanksgiving

by Megan Carlos in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
November 24, 2020November 25, 2020
A Thanks to You... I used to serve you your plate of food the moment you were ready. Sure, you had days when you waited on me. It was the joy I relished in when I could feed you a ...
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Of Holidays and a Healing Heart

by Susan Leathers in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
November 21, 2020
I don’t remember October. I think I wished it away because it is the month in which my love died and because it felt like the unofficial start of the holiday season, which I had been dreading. I didn’t even ...
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the new normal

The Myth of the New Normal

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief, Hope and Healing, Widowhood Journey
November 12, 2020November 13, 2020
My husband has been gone for more than three years. I should be used to living as a widow and existing in my “new normal.” But today I realized, no matter how long I exist without him, I’m not sure ...
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