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    Death of a Parent, Death of a Sibling, Open to Hope

    How to Survive a Memorial Service by Eating All the Cookies

    Tuesday, July 12, 2022

    Dad Helped Plan His Memorial Service We had a memorial service for my dad. He helped plan the shindig. He picked the songs for the video slideshow, asked me to […]

    Tags funerals, grief, Multiple Deaths, suicide

    Category Death of a Parent, Death of a Sibling, Open to Hope

    Bereavement

    The Pros and Cons of Emotional Shields

    Friday, May 21, 2021

    ‘Shields Up!’ What if the emotional shields we use to protect ourselves from pain get stuck in the upright position? What happens then? Can we get them unstuck? Is lowering […]

    Tags bereavement, emotional pain, grief

    Category Bereavement

    Open to Hope

    The Grieving Codependent

    Wednesday, September 9, 2020

    Codependency is a term that gets tossed around a lot but few seem to know what it really means. Even those who suffer from it can be completely unaware it’s […]

    Tags burnout, codependent, grief

    Category Open to Hope

    Death of a Spouse

    Give Yourself a G.I.F.T. This Holiday Season

    Thursday, October 31, 2019

    The holidays are a time of togetherness and family traditions. It’s even been dubbed the “most wonderful time of the year.” But for many in the widowed community, it can […]

    Tags coping with grief, grief, grief and loss, healing, holidays, Loss, loss of a spouse

    Category Death of a Spouse

    Death of a Spouse, Your Grief

    Recovery in Pieces

    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

    A Statistical Look at Grief: Markers on a Lonely Journey

    Tuesday, September 24, 2019

    Throw the stages of grief out the window. They simply can’t be trusted. If you are like me, or most people who are grieving in any way shape or form, […]

    Tags grief, grief and loss

    Category Open to Hope

    Death of a Spouse

    The Stories We Tell Ourselves

    Wednesday, July 31, 2019

    Telling-Your-Child-About-a-Death

    What is the story you tell yourself about your loss? Even as a child, I understood the power of stories. Through words, I could escape into worlds far, far away. […]

    Tags coping with grief, getting to the other side of grief, grief, grief recovery, hope, Moving forward, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse

    Death of a Spouse

    10 Lessons Widowhood Has Taught Me

    1. You Can Go On Even When You Feel Like Giving Up I honestly didn’t think I’d survive the first month of being widowed, yet here I am… 88 months […]

    Tags grief, grief and loss, healing, hope, Moving forward, spouse loss

    Category Death of a Spouse

    Open to Hope

    Turning Less Into More

    Wednesday, May 15, 2019

    Well, that was unexpected. It seems, even when dozens and dozens of years have passed, grief, and what triggers it, can still surprise me. I’m writing this on Mother’s Day. […]

    Tags coping with grief, getting to the other side of grief, grief, grief and loss, hope, Multiple Deaths, widow

    Category Open to Hope

    Death of a Spouse

    Grief Through the Rearview Mirror

    Sunday, April 7, 2019

    This big, horrible thing happens. You lose the person with whom you chose to partner for the challenging, amazing, and, sometimes, scary thing called life. Each of us has our […]

    Tags getting to the other side of grief, grief, hope, resiliency, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse

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