Widows Quest

April 11th, 2008

Funerals - The Best and Worst of Human Nature

I wrote yesterday about a family friend who had died this week. The funeral was today. At the funeral someone asked
“What do you think he has left behind?”  I replied
“A friendship that was constant and authentic. A passion for the truth. A trail of love and respect”
They answered
“No I mean money?”
I am not often stuck […]

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March 23rd, 2008

Easter Carnival of Positive Thinking

As we spend time with family today we may find that as they leave, we feel the loneliness again. So here is the carnival of positive thinking so that you can face the week ahead

Fruitpunch presents Do you believe in you? posted at Fruit Punch Diary.

GP presents Present Simplicity posted at Innstyle Montana- Come on […]

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February 27th, 2008

Reducing Stress at Times of Grief

I always think about a Chinese proverb -
“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are”
When I look back at the time of death, I can remember the tension in my body. I remember thinking “Be strong” “Don’t break down you have too much to do” “Don’t cry when you tell […]

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February 11th, 2008

10 Tips on Speaking at a Funeral

I received an email from someone who is speaking at a funeral this week and wanted my tips on how to cope with the stress and pressure whilst you are grieving. I thought I would share the speaking tips

I concentrated on seeing this as speaking on his behalf, this was not about me or my […]

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September 26th, 2007

Anita Roddick Given Green Send Off

As a female role model in UK business, there are few…if any…that could rival Anita Roddick. The Body Shop founder who died of a brain haemorrhage earlier this month, kept her environmental focus even at her funeral. She was buried using a “green coffin”, followed by an organic buffet, mourners were greeted with banners bearing […]

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July 17th, 2007

Lessons from Ladybird Johnson Funeral

Reading about the funeral of Ladybird Johnson made me think of when dad died. In a report on Chron.com it says
“Grandson Lyndon Nugent offered the family’s final farewell, emphasizing his grandmother’s abiding gentleness and her exhortation to ‘’stand by your convictions, support your friends, to love your neighbor and to do our part to leave […]

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July 7th, 2007

Deaths in Iraq

Following on from my last post on how my heart bleeds for the widows/widowers of the Iraq soldiers I have just read at the Washington Post that there have been  
- As of Thursday, July 5, 2007, at least 3,591 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in […]

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July 7th, 2007

Thoughts on the loss of a soldiers life…

I wish, as a world that we could find peace, find a way of living together rather than dying together. Death is always painful but for me, death through war seems wrong. My heart aches when I read about the widows of soldiers and cannot imagine their feelings. As civilians that benefit from others giving […]

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