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    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

    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

    Being Exquisitely Seen

    Wednesday, May 29, 2019

    Books Saved Me I’ve been a lover of words and books and writers since childhood. I treasure the way we can be educated, transported, and transformed through what we read […]

    Tags acceptance, bereavement, coping with grief, getting to the other side of grief, healing, Moving forward, spouse loss, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse

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    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

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    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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    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 Spouse

    Every Single Breath

    Monday, May 7, 2018

    The 17th anniversary of my husband’s passing was on my mind in the days leading up to it. Some years, it slipped by me without much notice. Other years, the […]

    Tags grief, grief and loss, healing, Memoirs from Widow Island, Moving forward, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse

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    Death of Husband Led Her to Stop Fearing Life

    Wednesday, February 7, 2018

    The word “fear”. Take a moment to think about what fear means to you. To me, the word brings up a million different images. To most, it means that they […]

    Tags acceptance, coping with grief, Depression, dying, funeral, grief, grief process, Grief Support, grieving, life, losing a loved one, Loss, love, widow, widowed, young widow

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    Death of a Spouse

    My Second Chapter: Life, Marriage, Family

    Wednesday, January 4, 2017

    Many people ask me, What’s it really like being re-married? My widow(er) friends want to know if I’m as happy as I was in my first marriage, if I compare […]

    Tags remarriage, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse

    Death of a Spouse, Special Topics

    ‘Loneliness’ of Widows: The Deep Silence

    Thursday, July 16, 2015

    The Word ‘Lonely’ Not Strong Enough Loneliness in widowhood is not surprising.  I mean, even for the people who have never been through it, the loneliness of widows is a […]

    Tags Depression, grief, hope, loneliness, widow

    Category Death of a Spouse, Special Topics

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