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My Forever Shotgun Rider

by Laurel Snook in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
July 4, 2021July 4, 2021
I am on my first vacation since the pandemic started it is also my first as a widow. I don't have the man that I choose as my forever shotgun rider anymore. I decided to go to Maine to see ...
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Not the same woman

by Susan Leathers in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
June 30, 2021
"No man (or woman) steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and (s)he's not the same (wo)man."--Heraclitus I live near the Green River, drive across it a few times a day, walk next to it ...
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Carving a New Normal

by Piper Rose in Grief, Hope and Healing, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
June 15, 2021
When I became a widow, 15.5 months, ago I instantly knew that I would never marry again, and for some reason people seem to have a hard time accepting or believing that.  I recognize that part of the reason is ...
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The Widow Next Door

by Jayme Johnson in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
June 6, 2021
I want to start by saying that I'm a firm believer that not everything has to happen "for a reason." I think that cliché is incredibly insensitive to anyone who has gone through something as soul-crushingly awful as losing a ...
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Let’s talk about wedding rings…

by Melissa Pierce in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Widowhood Journey
April 16, 2021April 16, 2021
I wasn’t hungry or thirsty at all after Dave died so eating food and drinking water was not a priority for me.  The food that was put in front of me by my loving friends and family just didn’t taste ...
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A Young Widows Guide to Surviving the First Year

by Piper Rose in Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
April 15, 2021
  Becoming a widow is hard no matter what stage of life you’re in, and the first year is brutal no matter what way you slice it. It’s not that the rest of widowhood will be easy (although 13 months ...
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Love Yourself Through It

by Melissa Pierce in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing, Hope for Widows Foundation, Solo Parenting, Widowhood Journey
April 2, 2021April 2, 2021
So many thoughts ran through my head during those first couple of years after Dave died in his sleep in 2011. I couldn’t wrap my head around the idea that a 46-year-old healthy guy would just die so suddenly.  I ...
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Fifty Things – Thoughts from a Grief Survivor

by Katherine Billings-Palmer in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Hope and Healing
March 27, 2021March 28, 2021
Every morning I read a list of fifty things I have to be thankful for. I started doing this a few months ago; it was something my grief therapist suggested to help me get through the uncertainty and loneliness of ...
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Courage

by Piper Rose in Grief, Hope and Healing, Mental Health, Widowhood Journey
March 15, 2021
­­ Cliff jumping. Taking a ride with him on his streetbike (an element of our first date by the way). Trusting the Universe. Scaling a mountain face to an abandoned mine shaft a day long hike into the alpine. Standing ...
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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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