Why do Friends Drift Away? Unfortunately, about two months after you’ve lost your husband your friends kind of forget about it. They dropped over a lasagna or sent flowers. They may even have taken time off work to attend the … Read More
To maximize your decisions widows have to ask themselves, “what now?” Life has asked each widow the same question, but we have chosen to answer totally different from each other, and that’s okay. Every decision is a matter of choosing … Read More
It’s not until the death of a loved one that we stop and think about how we are spending the gift of time we have been given. When our husbands died the question, “What am to do next?” comes to … Read More
Widows have strong emotions (like anger, fear, hopelessness) when their spouses die. Sadly we often feel hopeless and our mental, physical and spiritual health are at risk. Even more dangerous is when our strong emotions of anger and hopelessness come … Read More
I have a fondness for telling other widow’s stories, extracting nuggets of truth to inform, inspire or benefit another widow. After Donnie’s death I was uncertain about what to say or how to say it. The truth is, I … Read More
No matter how much you are grieving, it is necessary from time to time to get away from your pain. This may mean going on a day trip or an extended vacation of several weeks or even lunch with a … Read More
Today is the funeral for one of the widows in our “Chick’s Night Out” local group. She wasn’t 60 yet and had been fighting cancer long before the sudden death of her partner. She lost not only the love of … Read More
Every widow is unique and responds to grief and healing at her own pace. It is essential never to compare one widow to another. Each and every widow has her own individual beliefs about how to deal with her feelings … Read More