Your Estate
Some people mark personal items in their home with masking tape to indicate the name of the person who is to receive it when your estate is settled. But to better ensure that each item is given to the intended … Read More
Panic Attacks
Panic attacks are the most frightening of all stress symptoms and are experienced by approximately one in ten adults. They can occur after we have lost a loved one and our stress is high. A panic attack causes your heart … Read More
Your Aim In Life
What’s your aim in life? How would you like the story of your life to go? What would you like to be able to say about your life after it’s too late to do anything about it? If you were … Read More
How To Use Humor
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Many people think that there cannot possibly be anything to laugh about when you are grieving. However, they are missing the extremely important function in how humor allows us to vent and it helps lessen our intense feelings. Humor can … Read More
A Widow’s Resource Site
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Our new updated website www.sisterhoodofwidows.com is online today and it makes us one of the very best resource sites for widows. The home page has over three hundred blogs grouped in specific categories for easy reading. Widows will find resources … Read More
Smet Monuments and Widows
I want to thank Steve Spires of Smet Monuments for having me as a speaker at his annual sales convention. I drove down to St. Stephen on Saturday and as usual I’m all keyed up and nervous about speaking to a … Read More
Grief Will Emotionally Drain You
When widows are emotionally drained not sleeping is a frequent problem. They have trouble going to sleep without using some kind of drug or alcohol. Then they wake up early and can’t get back to sleep but yet they feel … Read More
How Do You Give Bad News To A Widow?
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Often it’s not the bad news that makes someone angry but the unsympathetic attitude with which it is delivered. Everyone has at one time or another given bad news and received bad news. Do you remember when you received bad … Read More
The Law of Attraction
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I just came from the Law of Attraction Seminar by Michael Losier. I would recommend that you get his books if you are in any way interested in attracting more positive things into your life. Michael has many good tools … Read More
Are Widows and Their Money Soon Parted?
Most of us know by now that money doesn’t bring happiness but the truth is that the lack of money can bring plenty of pain. I’m not talking about money to buy a fancy car or a vacation home or … Read More