One day you are a loving spouse, the next you are on your own. One day you are one part of a couple, the next you are single. I think the hardest part is finding the real you again. Who are you? How do you find a way of thriving on your own?
Don’t be scared […]
I think learning to love again, or learning to see that loving again is acceptable as a widow or widower after suffering a tragedy is the hardest thing. I remember a quote from Iris Murdoch who said
“We can only learn to love, by loving”
As widows or widowers we could change that to
“We can only learn […]
Over the last few days I have just wanted to sleep - not great when you are trying to work! When I get home I curl up on the sofa and grab a couple of hours and then look forward to going to bed. There was a time I couldn’t sleep now I cannot get […]
Each Sunday I post articles that will help us through our grief process and help us find a happiness that we may not feel at the moment is possible. Here are this weeks articles
Matthew Spears presents The flame of blame posted at Loving Awareness, saying, “By assigning responsibility to anyone or anything for a given […]
Over the months I have learned how important it is to talk to yourself…not in a mad way! But in a way that helps you cope with the feelings of grief and depression. When I am down I say
You ARE strong..look how you have coped since his death….
Just take each minute, each hour, each day […]
I met an old lady whilst travelling yesterday. She was 86 and said that her biggest hope is that she finds love…she had never fallen in love in her life. She had been very protected by her family, and then when she had left home all the “men were taken”
I told her my story and […]
My friend phoned today, to say that her mother had passed away. Elsie was 88 years old and died peacefully. She was a wonderful lady who always had time for people, and wore an ever present sincere smile. The world will be poorer for Elsie dying but has been enriched by her life.
My love goes […]
We have our first Widows Quest reader’s poem. Tiffany Farnsworth has sent in this poem and she writes
“Here is a poem I wrote in 98′ after my Grandma died, I had written it for my Grandfather even though the roles were reversed in the poem. My Grandpa loved it very much and so do I, even […]
A friend of a friend lost her husband a couple of years ago, and one regret was that she had delayed having a child thinking that there would be plenty of time. She decided that this regret was gnawing away at her and that she had to do something to stop the hurt.
So this Christmas […]
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