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- I just read something on Facebook last night and can't get over the irony of the whole thing. Some background. Every year my husband and his brother would get together on their birthdays for a big chicken and rib dinner. His brother's birthday is...
- Yesterday was the second anniversary of Jake's death. I have to admit that it was much easier than the first. It was a serene day, visited the cemetery with my daughter and family, voted, did some grocery shopping for my parents and basically took...
- Just wanted to let everyone know that I am going on a Beginning Experience retreat starting today. I would greatly appreciate any prayers and thoughts that all of you might be able to spare! I am excited but nervous at the same time. I know that...
- I recently became aware of a retreat for widow/ers and divorced people called "The Beginning Experience". There is going to be a retreat next month in a town about 70 miles from here. I plan on going and am very curious as to how they are going to...
- I am trying to inform myself as much as possible about the workings of Social Security and so read articles frequently about it. As I was doing some research I found an article on the SS website that seemed to say that the least a widow could...
- Anyone else learning to hate pronouns like I do? I get so frustrated that after 39 years of marriage, I am no longer a we but an I and everything is not ours but mine. Aarggh!!!!
- I would love to post this on some dating sites that I have seen:http://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-videos/736/The-Older-Ladies-Anthem-I-LOVE-This-
- I saw this on another widow's site and thought I would share:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J5KSdN8tMw
- I don't know what has happened but for two weeks now the thoughts and emotions that have been weighing me down since my husband's death have stopped. The angst has all but disappeared and I can say that I have actually experienced a few moments of...
- As I have been reading the discussions on dating as widows, I recalled a time about 20 years ago when we knew three women, one in her 60's, one in her 70's and one in her 80's, who dated and then remarried. I am recalling this tongue in cheek...
- My daughter gave me a book recommended by a friend of hers called A Grace Disguised. It was written by a man who lost his wife, mother and 4 year old daughter in a car accident in which he was driving. He and three of their children survived the...
- I went to a soup supper at our church last night and saw a couple whose husband had just been diagnosed with lung cancer. I had been meaning to call them but just kept forgetting. I was able to sit with them, discuss his cancer, offer to help with...
- I met with my therapist yesterday and she gave me some very helpful insights into what I was experiencing. First, I asked her why I had experienced weight loss, insecurities in accomplishing tasks I had done for years, etc. She said that with the...
- I just finished reading this book and found it quite interesting. Anyone have a desire to discuss it?
- Unlike those of you living further east, we in the West have had a very dry winter and very little snow. This past week or so, we have had constant fog which is not pleasant by itself but we have also had no snow to make it look a little better. I...