Widow Blogs by Mary Francis
CategoryThis is Mary Francis’s personal widows blog from her website The Sisterhood of Widows. It follows Mary’s journey after the death of her husband. Other widows and their advise have helped Mary understand the emotionally charged environment a widow lives in.
What Cancer Cannot Do
Cancer Is Limited – It cannot cripple love It cannot shatter hope It cannot corrode faith It cannot destroy peace It cannot kill friendship It cannot suppress memories It cannot silence courage It cannot invade the soul It cannot steal eternal life It cannot conque the spirit. Author Unknown
Listen With Your Heart
Do you often wish that others would really listen to what you have to say? Do you find that when they do listen it is only because they knew that their turn to talk was coming? There isn’t really anything you can do about them except for setting an example. Learn to listen – not … Continue Reading
Being In The Moment
Most widows don’t want to be in the moment because the current moment holds the pain of grief. They are looking for the future – a future that has softened their grief. But what they don’t realize is that the true miracle is right here. We think that the future will bring happiness but it … 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
Love and Loss
The best way to deal with stress is to “feel” it. Many of us think that if we let ourselves experience our feelings, we will shatter. But in my own life and in my time with other widows I have discovered that none of that is true. Our feelings won’t break us and no matter … Continue Reading
“A Grief Observed” by C.S. Lewis
In “A Grief Observed,” written by C.S. Lewis after the death of his wife in 1960, he wrote that grief is like fear, and that there existed “a sort of invisible blanket between the world and me.” He rigorously examined his Christian faith and found that it provided no solace while he was in the … 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
Widows – Negative Stereotypes
Society has some ideas about widows and unfortunately they sometimes see us widows as negative stereotypes. Widows are always mourning. It is disrespectful to the dead for widows to have fun. Widows are emotionally unstable. They present a threat to their friends’ marriages. Widows are more likely to use alcohol and tranquilizers to relieve tension. … 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
Grief lumped in with depression
I sometimes wonder if doctors are not a little too quick to medicate for natural grief and I found this article by Gordon Parker, Professor of Psychiaty at University of NSW about the difference between grief and depression. Below is part of his article and a link to the full article: The new Diagnostic and … Continue Reading
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