“On the good days, the hardest days, the tired days… on all the days, I’ll live this life. Not because he can’t, but because I can. For me, for others, for him.”
‘How do I go from living with him to living for him?’: Widow shares personal meaning of living life for deceased husband
‘Without this grief, I wouldn’t know the strength of our love.’: Young widow candidly shares powerful realizations on grief
“My hands wouldn’t long for his if I hadn’t known his grasp. My ears wouldn’t strain to listen if I didn’t know his laugh.”
‘All the small things make the sharp slap of reality hit hardest.’: Widow shares how small things have affected her grieving most
“The little, simple things, I cannot make excuses for. He’s not at work, not out with his brothers watching the games. He’s. Not. Here. And that’s the hard truth those small things bring.”
‘I didn’t buy this ticket. But the train of life keeps moving.’: Young widow shares grief journey after loss of husband
“The scene out my window keeps passing and I can’t stop it. Every day, I’m sitting backwards on a moving train.”
‘These days, my face couldn’t be more fake.’: Young widow shares pain of hiding grief, forcing fake smile
“It makes me angry. To have to go on each day as though my life were normal. To have to put on an act, when all I want to do is talk about Joe.”
Why You Should Stop Telling Your Loves Ones “Time Will Heal” Their Grief
“We aren’t tending a wound that will go away over time. As we grow, our grief grows with us.”
‘I vowed to love you until death do us part. But it seems that wasn’t exactly the truth.’: Young widow rethinks vows on wedding anniversary
“Death didn’t make me love him differently or less, in fact, it may make me love him even just a little bit more.”
‘I didn’t just lose my husband, Vienna’s father, or my best friend. I lost parts of myself.’: Young widow shares raw grief over loss of life she imagined
“Losing Joe didn’t just alter the reality of my marriage, it affected every aspect of my life. Every single one.”
‘They don’t know what it’s like to be judged for loving, for moving on (even though moving on is impossible), for being happy.’: Widow reflects on dating after loss, ‘She’s allowed to keep living’
“Trust that this strong survivor of a woman knows the right person, the right time, the right place – even if it doesn’t make any sense to you. Trust that she knows when she’s ready and when it’s time to love again. Support her.”
‘From the funeral to the grave, the 1st-anniversary date to the 20th, the depth of the pain remains unchanged.’: Woman shares reality of grief, ‘there is no agenda for loss’
“The truth is, there’s no agenda for loss. No timeframe for recovery. No amount of seasons that will make it different.”
