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Breadcrumbs

by Angie Bush in Awareness, Children and Grief, Grief, Grief Journey, Hope for Widows, Hope for Widows Foundation, Inspiration, Understanding, Warrior, Widow, Young Widow
July 17, 2018July 18, 2018

I am only in the beginning of my second year being a widow. The first year is all about the mountain of “firsts” that one has to get through, the obvious ones: first Christmas, Thanksgiving, every other holiday, birthdays, anniversaries. ...

Love Wins.

by Marissa Mast in Anger, Grief Journey, Healing, Loss, Love, Young Widow
July 13, 2018

Love. As famous poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson once said, "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all". In the past almost ten months, I have battled with this idea. I had felt love. Before ...

Journaling: writing your way through grief

by Cecilia Mannella in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Healing, Healing Happens, Hope for Widows Foundation, Practical Help, Young Widow
July 12, 2018July 12, 2018

Words have always held a majestic place in my life. If you ask my mom, she would say that it started when I began to speak…. apparently I wouldn’t shut up after I started. It progressed with reading at an ...

What is a Widow?

by Angie Bush in Awareness, Children and Grief, Grief, Grief Journey, Healing Happens, Inspiration, Love, Warrior, Widow, Young Widow
July 3, 2018July 3, 2018

Widow. A few days after my husband’s passing someone told me “well you are a widow now.” I remember thinking, “No, I’m young. We were special. We are still married.” It was so foreign to me. Widow. I refused to ...

Dating After Widowhood: Do Not Settle

by Debbie Weiss in Dating, Hope for Widows, life lessons, Love, Relationship Help, Relationships, Young Widow
March 30, 2018March 30, 2018

The old-fashioned widow, the one that society pictures, is an asexual creature, draped in black, content to live on memories and a nice needlepoint project. But that’s the widow of yesteryear. Many of us are dating again looking for a ...

Christmas citrus

by Jessica Trobaugh in Coping Mechanisms, Grief, Healing, Healing Happens, Holidays, Loss, Love, Understanding, Warrior, Widow, Young Widow
January 6, 2018January 8, 2018

Cam was the one who taught me how to peel oranges. I remember spending an entire weekend at his Dad’s doing nothing but having orange peel offs. Our hands smelled of citrus for weeks. Honestly he always had a slight ...

Lovable?

by Jessica Trobaugh in Dating, Early Mourning, Grief, Healing, Healing Happens, Hope for Widows, Hope for Widows Foundation, Loss, Love, Relationships, Widow, Young Widow
December 10, 2017December 10, 2017

I’m trying to decide if I’m lovable…What a weird concept right? When I say that though it’s not like I don’t have friends or I don’t have family that cares about me. I do. I have all of that. I ...

Grief wrapped in her joy

by Jessica Trobaugh in Grief, Hope for Widows, Loss, Relationships, Understanding, Warrior, Weddings, Widow, Young Widow
November 16, 2017November 16, 2017

It didn’t hurt until it hurt. Like hot lava running in my veins. I balled up my fists and put a smile on. I knew it was coming. Eventually all feelings come full circle. This decision had been mine. Made ...

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