Widows Quest

August 15th, 2008

What is grief?

I wonder what you would say, I have written down a few sentences - what would you answer ?
Grief is mourning the loss of life, but the gain of memories
Grief is the end of one chapter and the start of another
Grief is the loss of a loved one but the gain of knowing what […]

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August 14th, 2008

Wonderful Tributes to Our Loved Ones

Thank you for making this such a special week, my mum has been reading through all your memorial posts and through her tears (!) she thought they were so heart warming - she said Dad would be proud of finding a way of helping others through their grief. So here are some more
I got an […]

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August 12th, 2008

Tribute A Husband Lost

Today would have been my Dad’s birthday and I asked readers for tributes to their loved ones. I received this wonderful tribute from Leslie
My husband, Rick was a very big man. He could be quite intimidating. But, for those who knew him he was a kind man with a great sense of humour who would […]

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August 8th, 2008

Honouring Our Lost Relatives

Just 2 days to go to the deadline for you to email me your memories, your poems, your tributes…whatever you like to honor your lost relatives memory. It will would have been my Dad’s birthday next Tuesday which has prompted me to put together our best memories.
So email your stories to anna@b5media.com I am looking […]

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August 1st, 2008

Love Letters Bring Comfort To Our Heartbreak

Memories are so wonderful and I loved this story that I found over at MamaConnies blog called My Best Valentine. MamaConnie describes herself as 84 years young and lost her husband in 2000 after 57 years together. She was sorting through her Valentine letters and saw these words thateased her grief
“Proverbsl 18: 22 says:”He that […]

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July 23rd, 2008

How I will honour Dad’s memory

When Dad died I was devastated and still am….we had a strange relationship in many ways. We were so similar and yet found it difficult later in life to connect. I still don’t understand why….
Fortunately at the end of his life - he died of dementia - we became close and we both managed to […]

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July 23rd, 2008

Dealing with Childrens Grief

I was reading an article called Navigating Life After Death over at The Age. It made me think how we block out memories when often it is best to keep those memories. For instance with children removing memories could hurt more than keeping the memory alive. In one example 
“One little girl wouldn’t have it. […]

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July 21st, 2008

Getting back to nature to ease my grief

Yesterday I was determined not to feel sorry for myself, not to give in to those weekend feelings when I feel lonely and when my feelings seem out of control.
So I volunteered to help my best friend in her garden. Gosh it was hard work and after hours of weeding, digging, mowing, and clearing I […]

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July 1st, 2008

The Power of Photo’s in Grief

The digital age is with us, with people uploading photo’s and writing their thoughts on the web. But this weekend I visited Mum and she had found some old photo’s….they were old and worn - but oh so powerful. Photo’s are wonderful memories and I think we would lose something if we didn’t keep our […]

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June 5th, 2008

Death vs Life

Death has made me think about life - how the death of a loved one affects you

They die..you live
Cuddles disappear but love stays in your heart
Their presence has gone but the memories live on forever
They may not be in the house but they will remain in your soul
Your rock may not be here but your […]

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