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For Widows Only –What We Want/What We Don’t Want

Posted on January 8, 2007 - by

We want our husbands back.

We don’t want your husband, your son, your father, your grandfather, or your cousin’s next door neighbor’s husband, her son, her father, or her grandfather.

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For Widows Only –What We Want/What We Don’t Want

Posted on January 8, 2007 - by admin

We want our husbands back. We don’t want your husband, your son, your father, your grandfather, or your cousin’s next door neighbor’s husband, her son, her father, or her grandfather. […]

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For Widows Only –What We Want/What We Don’t Want

Posted on January 8, 2007 - by Linda Della-Donna

We want our husbands back. We don’t want your husband, your son, your father, your grandfather, or your cousin’s next door neighbor’s husband, her son, her father, or her grandfather. […]

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Poetry Healing: The Healing Properties Of Poetry

Posted on January 7, 2007 - by admin

Grief is one of the hardest things to face in life, and unfortunately it is something which most of us will experience in our time. Writing or reading grief poems […]

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LOSS: Healing After Loss

Posted on January 5, 2007 - by Gloria Lintermans

Loss is a fact of life. Yet, following loss, their needs to be a healthy healing, a healing that allows life not only to simply continue, but with joy and […]

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For Widows Only — Who We Are

Posted on January 5, 2007 - by

We discovered life as a widow is different than being married, but trying to explain it to anyone is like describing the color orange to a blind man. We know it’s best to change the subject. We train our eyes to look away.

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For Widows Only — Who We Are

Posted on January 5, 2007 - by admin

We are women left. We experienced the best of times; The worst of times. And survived. We discovered the meaning of life — Nothing like the loss of a spouse […]

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For Widows Only — Who We Are

Posted on January 5, 2007 - by Linda Della-Donna

We are women left. We experienced the best of times; The worst of times. And survived. We discovered the meaning of life — Nothing like the loss of a spouse […]

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January 4, 2007: I Have No Intention of Saying Good-Bye: Coping Techniques for the Now Childless – Sandy Fox

Posted on January 4, 2007 - by Sandy Fox

JANUARY 4, 2007 – I HAVE NO INTENTION OF SAYING GOOD-BYE: COPING TECHNIQUES FOR THE NOW CHILDLESS: SANDY FOX, the bereaved mother of Marcy, her only child who was killed […]

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January 4, 2007: I Have No Intention of Saying Good-Bye: Coping Techniques for Now Childless – Sandy Fox

Posted on January 4, 2007 - by admin

JANUARY 4, 2007 – I HAVE NO INTENTION OF SAYING GOOD-BYE: COPING TECHNIQUES FOR THE NOW CHILDLESS: SANDY FOX, the bereaved mother of Marcy, her only child who was killed […]

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