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    Bereavement, Death of a Child, Open to Hope

    About Your Room: Letting Go of a Son’s Belongings

    Thursday, February 16, 2023

    Dismantling the Room Your blue camo backpack hung on the back of your desk chair with your Pittsburgh Penguins baseball cap on top of it for eight years. It was […]

    Tags belongings, child loss, death of a child, Memories

    Category Bereavement, Death of a Child, Open to Hope

    Death of a Spouse

    What to Do With a Loved One’s Possessions

    Friday, May 21, 2021

    Definition of Loved One’s Possessions Until Rod’s passing, I was unaware of the true significance of a personal possession – something belonging just to you, something that doesn’t have meaning […]

    Tags belongings, loved one's possessions

    Category Death of a Spouse

    Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

    Recovery in Pieces

    Thursday, October 31, 2019

    It’s been many years, many miles, and many tears since the early, raw days of being widowed. The life I am living now is one I would never have recognized […]

    Tags belongings, getting to the other side of grief, grief, grief and loss, grief recovery, hope, spouse loss, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

    Open to Hope

    Can You Grieve for a Place?

    Friday, September 6, 2019

    My husband and I are moving in a month. He is paraplegic. I’m recovering from open heart surgery and have a pig valve in my heart. These factors made us […]

    Tags belongings, bereavement, change, coping with grief, hope, positives

    Category Open to Hope

    Open to Hope

    Pieces of You

    Monday, June 25, 2018

    Today, I gave away another piece of you. A piece that’s traveled with me for thousands of miles back and forth between Los Angeles and Canada and other places. A […]

    Tags belongings, funerals, grief, healing, money, Moving forward, spouse loss, widow

    Category Open to Hope

    Death of a Child

    A Mama Finds Memories in a Duplo Box

    Wednesday, April 9, 2014

    In my closet sits one duplo box filled with handwritten cards.  The cards were for my little boy Daniel.  The boy is now gone, but the cards written to him […]

    Tags after loss of child, belongings, bereavement, cancer, death of a child, duplo box, grief and loss, loss of child, Memories, memories in a box, mother

    Category Death of a Child

    Open to Hope, Your Grief

    My Heart and Me: A Poem

    Thursday, July 25, 2013

    My heart and me Is all I need to be complete; I could try to stand But can’t Unless I know it’s for my heart and me. I couldn’t see […]

    Tags belongings, getting to the other side of grief, grief, Grief Support, hope, Moving forward, survival, writing

    Category Open to Hope, Your Grief

    Death of a Spouse

    Husband’s Valentines Stir Warm Memories

    Friday, February 15, 2013

    It’s one of those rare overcast days in Colorado and I’m working in my home office with nice music playing. I’ve been thinking about Valentine’s Day, realizing it will be […]

    Tags belongings, Depression, funerals, money, signs and connections

    Category Death of a Spouse

    Death of a Spouse

    Maintaining Friendships After a Spouse-Loss

    Tuesday, June 28, 2011

    I’ve been thinking a lot about friendships lately and how they change and I know that’s also on the minds of many of my widow(er) friends out there.  I guess […]

    Tags anger, belongings, Depression, funerals, guilt, money, signs and connections

    Category Death of a Spouse

    Death of a Parent

    My Teddy Bear Dad

    Sunday, June 12, 2011

    Growing up, I was a little afraid of my dad. He had a bark that was loud and, I thought, fearsome. But as I grew older, I came to realize […]

    Tags belongings, Depression, funerals, money, signs and connections

    Category Death of a Parent

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