Posted by The Grief Blog on August 18, 2008 · 2 Comments
By Elaine Williams
According to the U.S Census Bureau, there are approximately 700,000 new widows every year. To me, this is staggering, and I never thought I’d be a statistic.
I’ve been asked many times if I wrote A Journey Well Taken: Life After Loss while my husband was ill. As a caretaker, and even though I [...]
Posted by Death of a Spouse on August 8, 2008 · 17 Comments
Yes, I am an advocate for managing emotions, not wallowing in self pity, but HOLY COW, is there room for anyone to experience pain , loss and melancholy?
Posted by Death of a Spouse on February 23, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Happy New Year! Yeah, I know. You’re thinking what’s with this writer? Life sucks without Him by your side. How dare she use the H word and wish me a Happy New Year.
Well, I feel your pain. Really, I do, because I am a widow, too. But, I’m here to tell you, everything will be [...]
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Posted by Death of a Spouse on February 21, 2007 · 23 Comments
At the end of a good day you bust out crying for no particular reason.
At the end of a bad day you burst out laughing for no particular reason.
At the end of everyday, you crawl into bed and sleep on His side.
You refuse to throw away His toothbrush, His razor, His bar of soap. Because [...]
Posted by The Grief Blog on January 20, 2007 · 19 Comments
If you are reading this then something terrible has happened. First let me offer my condolences. As Joan Didion says, “Life changes fast.” Next let me extend a heartfelt welcome. You are now a member of an exclusive club — the club nobody wants to be a member of. And though your world’s turned upside [...]
Posted by Death of a Spouse on January 20, 2007 · 5 Comments
Is it possible to mourn the loss of a beloved spouse and, while still grieving, to not only meet someone special, but fall in love and begin to build a new relationship that includes a commitment to sharing your lives? Can we overlap our loving and our grieving? The answer is aprofound: YES! But, to smooth the path, keep these helpful Dos and Donts in mind:
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Posted by Death of a Spouse on January 19, 2007 · 1 Comment
We are alone. And we worry about that.
We worry we will die alone.
We buried our life partner. And now we worry about who will bury us?
Who will walk our dogs, who will feed our cats when we’re gone?
Posted by Death of a Spouse on January 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment
You’re home now — From the cemetery — Just closed the door on an endless line of well-wishing-filled-with-advice strangers who didn’t know what to say but talked endlessly anyway, and now that they’re gone you know you will never see or hear from most of them ever again.
Your hair smells of roses and gladioli and [...]
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Posted by The Grief Blog on January 13, 2007 · 1 Comment
After my husband died, I trashed my writing — Journals — An accumulation of spiral bound notebooks, one for each month of each year for four years. And a YA novel manuscript I was working on.
I blamed my husband’s dying on my writing.
I told myself, Self, if you hadn’t spent so much time writing, you [...]
Posted by Death of a Spouse on January 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Read the top ten tacky things people will say. Practice ways to react before going out, and before you know it, each new day will be filled with the sound of music and sunlight instead of your friends’ and neighbors’ tacky comments and questions.
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