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Where was God?

by Diana Henderson in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Widowhood Journey
June 6, 2023June 6, 2023
It was May 6, 2022, the Friday before Mother’s Day, and I was very excited for the weekend. Monty had great plans; he always made every holiday special. I walked into the office and there were quite a few people ...
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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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Appreciating Life in a World Gone Mad

by Susan Kendal in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
February 28, 2022February 28, 2022
“If we threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.” – Regina Brett Can this quote possibly hold true for a widow? Initially we are not able to look beyond our own self after ...
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What if it had been me?

by Dori Ann Dupre in Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
January 2, 2022
Do you ever wonder if…instead of him…it had been you? Instead…I was the one with the out-of-nowhere terminal diagnosis and the slow, painful progression toward my early death in my 40s with so much I wanted to do and see ...
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What lessons do you want to take into the New Year? 

by Susan Kendal in Coping Mechanisms, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
December 30, 2021
I had an opportunity recently to learn a valuable lesson I hope to remind myself again and again throughout the year. Setting the scene This past week I was locked out of my car in the late afternoon on a ...
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WE ARE LIKE LEAVES ON A WINTER’S DAY

by Susan Kendal in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
November 30, 2021
Grief arrives as does the harsh, unwelcomed winter. We resist the next season of our life Trying to hold on to the familiar & cherished. We cling to our tree of life as though we were a leaf perched to ...
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Dear David…

by DonnaElliott in Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
October 13, 2021October 11, 2021
October 10th, 2021   Dear David,   I will always love you, but, fuck you for dying on me, man.   September 25th would have been our wedding anniversary. Facebook memories fill with wedding photos Sarah and I took with ...
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….With just a little help

by DonnaElliott in Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
September 1, 2021
Survival Mode. That horrible period in the first year that no one talks about. Where every thought in my pretty brunette head was overwhelming. I don't mean normal stressful decisions being overwhelming, I mean the idea of 'do I want ...
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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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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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