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Leaving the Past Behind

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief, Hope and Healing, Relationships and Dating
January 16, 2023January 16, 2023
It happened again. I went on another first date that didn’t leave me wanting a second. The man was intelligent and ambitious, polite and friendly. But there was no spark, and, when I got home afterwards, I realized that I ...
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The Two Sides of Guilt

by Joyce Hishaw-Willis in Grief, Hope and Healing, Widowhood Journey
January 14, 2023
I consider August 25, 2021 the single darkest day of my life. The news from the hospital that my beloved husband of over 38 years had succumbed to the deadly virus known as Covid-19 was devastating, a crushing, visceral blow, ...
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The Golden Years

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Grief, Widowhood Journey
November 17, 2022November 17, 2022
The Golden Years I never thought I’d be alone In the golden years... This stage of life we longed for Retired from the nine to five drudge Free to do anything we wanted. When we looked towards the future, we ...
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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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Doing All Of The Things

by Layla Beth Munk in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
November 10, 2022November 10, 2022
In just barely over three short months, I will have been widowed for five years. Some days it feels like it's been decades and that I really and truly know how to make it without a partner. Other days, I'm ...
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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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The Loneliness Monster

by Joyce Hishaw-Willis in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Widowhood Journey
October 9, 2022
Remember the Loch Ness Monster? The mysterious creature with the long neck protruding up out of the water? No one ever actually saw the monster and it was discovered that the grainy, black and white photograph of it was a ...
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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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Death Changes Everything

by Dawn Cole in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
April 15, 2022April 15, 2022
Easter is upon us, and as with all holidays, I am struggling a bit more than usual. It’s like the ache that is always there, just under the surface of everything, bubbles up to the top. The hurt becomes a ...
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