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December 29th, 2007

Thank you, Widow Quest Readers for your kindness

Oh dear what a Christmas - I was blue lighted into hospital last Sunday and spent all of the holiday in hospital. Today (Sat 29th) I have been allowed out for a couple of days as I won’t be having my operation until next week. It is wonderful to see family and friends.
The holiday season […]

By anna -- 6 comments

December 27th, 2007

Grieving a sibling’s death

In February of 2005, I received one of those phone calls no-one every wants to get. My baby brother, 35 years old, had died. Even worse, he had taken his life.
Up until this past spring, I worked with dying people. After working as an RN in many different areas over the years, I was working […]

By Gayla McCord -- 5 comments

December 27th, 2007

Lessons Learned

Three years ago this winter, I came as close as I ever care to come to widowhood, and it has forever changed me. I was 36, and Marshall and I were approaching our second anniversary (and 5th year of being together). In August, I was cutting his hair, which I do every month […]

By Gayla McCord -- 0 comments

October 25th, 2007

Our latest (and last) winner of the Blogtoberfest!

Our final winner of the blogtoberfest is Ron Patiro, who left a great comment on the We Can Make a Difference post. The prize is a handprint ornament gift which I hope you will enjoy from BabySakes, who I would like to thank for sponsoring this post. Congratulations both to

Ron and […]

By anna -- 1 comment

October 22nd, 2007

Our latest winner of the Blogtoberfest!

The names have been put in a hat and a name chosen for the winner to the post - No Matter How Bad You Think It Is..remember there is still one prize left and I will announce the winner to that one on Wednesday so it is not too late to enter by leaving a […]

By anna -- 1 comment

October 18th, 2007

Chance to Win a Prize and Brighten Your Day

Don’t forget you still have to chance to win a prize based on our blogtoberfest !
I will be choosing a comment from each of the posts below at the weekend - actually I will be getting my mum to choose a name from a mug! So if you want a chance to win then leave […]

By anna -- 0 comments

October 15th, 2007

Winner of Our Blogtoberfest

I am delighted to announce the winner of the blogtoberfest
I put all the names into a mug and got my sister to draw it - the winner is Amie who will be contacted shortly for the prize. She has won a carpet bocce!

Thanks to all of the people who entered and I will  be posting […]

By anna -- 0 comments

October 15th, 2007

Blog Action Day -We can make a difference

Here at Widows Quest we understand the value of life, the need cherish the our world and the lives of our children. Today many people are taking part in Blog Action Day. The idea of the day is that we all post about the environment to raise awareness of the impact that we all have, […]

By anna -- 8 comments

October 8th, 2007

A little something to look forward to…

We all need a little something to look forward to and this month sees a blogtoberfest…a chance for people who comment to win a little prize. I love that idea as it says thank you for helping me some of the roughest   times of my life and also acts as a little surprise for […]

By anna -- 0 comments

September 21st, 2007

Blogtoberfest Announcement !

Do you want a little publicity from the entire Family and Relationships Channel on b5media?During the month of October, we’ll be hosting our first ever Family and Relationships Channel Blogtoberfest.
We’re planning to run this event for approximately two weeks during the month of October (or until the prizes run out). And during that two weeks, […]

By anna -- 1 comment