new normal Archives - Hope For Widows Foundation

A widows dating advice.

by Danielle Thompson in Children and Grief, Dating, Emotions, Grief, Grief Journey, Healing, Hope for Widows, Inspiration, life lessons, Loss, Love, parenting, Relationship Help, Relationships, Widow, Young Widow
June 17, 2019

I met someone 5 months after Jerry died. Very unexpectedly. We became friends because I was not ready to think about another relationship. It slowly grew into something wonderful. Now almost 2 years later after meeting him, we are still ...

What I’m Left With

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Awareness, Coping Mechanisms, Emotions, Grief, Grief Journey, Healing, Healing Happens, Health, Humor, life lessons, Loneliness, Love, Memories, Relationships, Widow
June 15, 2019June 16, 2019

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 Comfort Zone

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Awareness, Coping Mechanisms, Dating, Grief Journey, Holidays, life lessons, Widow
June 6, 2019

For the past few months, life has been pretty good. I have my vision board in place, and lots of activities and plans and dreams for my future that keep me occupied. I’ve been writing up a storm, and was ...

Progress and Paralysis

by Dori Dupre in Grief, Grief Journey, Healing, Hope for Widows, Widow
April 5, 2019

Tomorrow would have been my 23rd wedding anniversary. I think it still is, though, even though my husband is no longer here with me and I’m no longer married…have no husband…am no one’s wife. The anniversary date doesn’t change. 23 years ...

Consumed by Love

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief, Grief Journey, Healing, Healing Happens, life lessons, Loneliness, Loss, Love, Widow
March 31, 2019March 31, 2019

I’ve been fortunate in that I’ve never had a serious illness or major operation, or any other traumatic physical malady. I’ve never suffered any physical affliction that required months to heal or physical therapy to get back on my feet, ...

Suddenly (Sadly) Single

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in #hope, Dating, Emotions, Grief Journey, life lessons, Loneliness, Relationships, Widow
March 3, 2019

If there was one thing I never expected, it was to ever be single again. I mean, I know divorces happen, but I waited until I was forty to marry because I wanted to be sure that Mr. Right was ...

Awakening the Dream

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in #hope, Emotions, Grief Journey, Inspiration, life lessons, Widow
February 25, 2019February 26, 2019

I’ve been having some emotional ups and downs lately. There are so many things rolling around in my head. For one, I just spent another romantic Hallmark holiday alone, which forced me to once again face the fact that I ...

My Ring Ceremony

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief Journey, Loss, Love, Widow
February 13, 2019February 13, 2019

It was a steamy July day in 1997 when my husband put my wedding ring on the third finger of my left hand. We were in a small wedding chapel surrounded by ten attendants comprised of our children, relatives, and ...

The Sand Holding Hack

by Kelly Cann in Coping Mechanisms, Grief Journey, Healing, Hope for Widows, Inspiration, Practical Help, Self Care, tough times, Young Widow
February 12, 2019February 12, 2019

The Sand Holding Hack Three months after my husband passed away, I took a solo vacation to southern California and discovered a hack I want to share with you: the sand holding hack. When I booked the trip to ...

A Widows Purpose

by Danielle Thompson in #hope, Finding Support, Giving Back, Grief Journey, Healing, Healing Happens, Hope for Widows Foundation, life lessons, Self Care
February 11, 2019

A Widows Purpose When I first became a widow, I questioned everything. Of course I did. How could this happen to me, to us, to them? We were reeling out of this devastation after only 12 weeks from the first ...

Tag new normal