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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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38 Things That Made All The Difference

by Joyce Hishaw-Willis in Grief, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
November 13, 2022November 13, 2022
“You look like shit.” That’s what my oldest brother said to me as I got in the car one morning. It was the summer of 1983, and I was a junior in high school. As part of our morning routine, ...
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grief journey

The Pink Pool Noodle

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief, Widowhood Journey
October 15, 2022
The fuchsia-pink pool noodle Rick bought me is starting to decompose around the edges. The memories of that last vacation we shared are starting to fade around the edges, too. How can a pool noodle come to mean so much ...
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I’m Not Angry Anymore

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
September 20, 2022
I've struggled with being angry at my late husband for some time now. I forgave him right away for his decision to leave this life. I loved him in ways that I didn't think existed in the real world and ...
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When A Marriage Dies

by Joyce Hishaw-Willis in Grief, Widowhood Journey
September 13, 2022September 13, 2022
(Inspired by an article written by Mike Sager) It is better to say you’re okay than not, because people just don’t want to hear the truth about death. You think about this person over and over again. At dawn. At ...
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My Person

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief, Hope and Healing, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
September 10, 2022September 10, 2022
When my grief counselor suggested I start dating two years after Rick died, I was appalled by the idea. There was no point. There would never be another Rick. He was “my person.” There was no chance of me finding ...
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Still Picking Up the Pieces

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Widowhood Journey
August 13, 2022August 13, 2022
Five years ago today, I held Rick’s hand in a death grip. A literal death grip, for hour upon hour. By noon of that day, I realized he was going to die, and he did, at 8pm that night. The ...
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Our 25th Anniversary

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
July 16, 2022
This past Tuesday was our 25th wedding anniversary and I celebrated alone, sitting under the windchimes in my gazebo. A small portion of Rick’s ashes are in the chimes, so I always feel like he’s with me when I sit ...
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The Happiest Moments Will Also be a Little Sad

by Dori Ann Dupre in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
July 6, 2022
In a previous season of This is Us, a powerful show about the long-term, winding, intertwined storylines of an American family, Rebecca Pearson, the perennial widowed matriarch is helping deliver her first grandchild on the floor of her son’s home. ...
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His Lasting Impact on My Life

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief, Hope and Healing, Relationships and Dating
June 18, 2022June 18, 2022
The impact of Rick’s death has lessened as the years go by. That’s only natural. I've always been a firm believer that time really does heal all wounds, although not as quickly as we would like (and I definitely formed ...
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