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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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When it Wasn’t Perfect…

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Health and Wellness, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
February 9, 2022
Life isn't usually the fairy tale that we all hoped for as children, and that's okay. Most of us are realists and never expected life to be Prince Charming, glass slippers and pumpkins that turn into carriages. (As cool as ...
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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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grief knows no bounds

Grief Knows No Bounds

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Relationships and Dating, Widowhood Journey
December 10, 2021
Grief knows no bounds. It can be triggered when you least expect it, although most triggers are obvious and predictable. After Rick's death, I knew going into a diner, Home Depot, or Costo would be painful. I knew vacationing without ...
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National Grief Awareness Day: Grief is a Complex Son of a B*tch

by Lisa Kumagai in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting
August 30, 2021August 27, 2021
Several years ago I learned about International Widow's Day (June 23rd), a day set aside to recognize the hardships that widows face from loss, that fell one day after National Onion Rings Day. Even after becoming a widow in December ...
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Divorced (Not Remarried) Widow

by Guest Blogger in Grief, Solo Parenting
August 21, 2021
I am divorced. And I am a widow. I’m a divorced (not remarried) widow. Can those two identities co-exist? I’ve asked myself this question a lot over the past three years and I still haven’t found an answer. AJ and ...
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You Have To Have Been Through It, In Order To Understand It

by Brandi Bulloch in Grief
July 6, 2021July 7, 2021
So true. I would have never thought that at 38 I would lose the love of my life and become a widow. I thought widowhood was for older people, I had no idea. I remember getting all of this “advice” ...
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I’m in the anger stage and stages make me angry

by Susan Leathers in Grief, Widowhood Journey
May 21, 2021
Before I lost my husband, I was vaguely familiar with the 5 stages of grief. Honestly, I think I learned about the stages of grief from some movie. So, when Todd died, I thought my emotions would have this logical ...
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Grief TV Watchlist

by Susan Leathers in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
March 14, 2021March 15, 2021
Watching TV can be a minefield for widows. I noticed this soon after I lost my husband; we were in the last season of The Sopranos. I could never make myself finish it after his death. But, I kept thinking ...
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Sisterhood

by Celi Olson in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
March 2, 2021
  The first widow I reached out to after my husband died had lost her husband about 3 years prior.  She was so honest and open on social media with where she was at during her whole journey. I remember ...
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