The First Year As A Widow
CategoryUnderstand that first year as a widow – holidays, special occasions and emotionally charged events that leave you depressed and lonely.
Grief Is Messy
There is no way around it, grief is messy – we cry, we are angry, we don’t want to socialize and we are quite simply unhappy. That is grief and it doesn’t fit into a nice, tidy time frame. It doesn’t play fair and it’s not the same for everyone. So why does society want … Continue Reading
Is Grief a Mental illness?
Recently there has been a major change in how the Psychiatric Association will treat grief. Below are two recent articles on the issue of whether grief is a mental illness or a normal part of life and death. I’m including the links to the full articles so you can read and make up your own mind … Continue Reading
Children may not show it, but still need time to grieve
Article by: Catherine Johnston And Rebecca Nappi “Children grieve through short spurts and then may return to a normal activity,” said Deborah Hutton, a supervisor for chaplains with Providence Health & Services in Olympia. When children resume their normal behavior patterns and activities, adults may mistakenly believe that the children are just fine, dismissing children’s need … Continue Reading
Facebook after Death
After a person dies, his or her Facebook page remains open until someone closes it. But without their password it’s very difficult to get it closed. Some widows want to keep their husbands Facebook page open so that people can write on it. They also like to go back and see past comments that their … Continue Reading
Does Time Help Grief?
Grief doesn’t come in nice, discrete stages – it often comes in waves and I’ve found that with the passage of time, the waves don’t last as long or reach as high. But there are still times when they come washing over me and I found this last month hard to handle. It has been … Continue Reading
Children and Grief
So often children’s feelings are left unaddressed and thus, we send the message that their feelings are unimportant. This can start a life cycle where they learn to bury their feelings under deep layers because encouragement was not offered for them to freely express themselves. They need understanding and patience, comfort and acceptance, but are … Continue Reading
The Buck Stops Here
There are no gender divisions in the life of a widow. You are not completely a wife and/ or one of the bread winners. As a widow “You” are absolutely everything. You can’t say ‘you do the yard work’ and ‘ I’ll be in charge of keeping the house clean.’ Or ‘you work to cover … Continue Reading
A Widow’s First Year
A new widow is immediately plunged into a scary new life. The challenge of being thrown from being part of a couple to being single is daunting. Widows typically look to those around them – family and friends for help, but unfortunately most struggle alone with complex questions. Some of the most common questions I’ve … Continue Reading
The Personal Price of Caring
Widows pay a heavy price for being their husband’s care giver. The emotional exhaustion of burnout is often accompanied by a deterioration in physical and mental well-being. Widows report feeling tired and run-down, finding it hard to get up in the morning. This tiredness comes from tension – the widow is wound up tight , … Continue Reading
Widows Need Financial Advisors
Widows want someone they can lean on, like they leaned on their husbands, someone they can trust and someone who will ask them how they’re doing. Do they have enough monthly cash to cover their expenses? Have they found someone to do the yard work? Is someone talking to them about their credit cards? Have … Continue Reading
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