We can all use some guidance navigating this new and unfamiliar journey forward.
12 Ways To Find Joy This Holiday Season While Grieving A Loved One
6 Years After My Husband’s Death, I Opened This Box Of Grief
“I wasn’t expecting the wind to be knocked out of me. I wasn’t expecting to be transported back to a time in my life when everything made sense on paper, yet nothing made sense in my head, or my heart. All I could think about was that on June 16, 2016, he was alive, and then 8 days later, he wasn’t.”
Blind Widow, Foster Care Adoptee Approved As Washington’s First Visually Impaired Foster Parent
“I couldn’t let everything Ryan and I proved go to waste. I wanted to be a mom and needed a sense of purpose again.”
Young Widow Shares Power Behind The ‘Productive Struggles’ In Life
“I have learned to lean into the struggle and really feel it. This is my reality, and fast, easy answers teach me nothing.”
‘I became a widow at 34, 10 days after the adoption of our son.’: Widowed mom details sudden loss of husband to melanoma
“‘The judge signed off, and now we can go through with the adoption.’ It should have been one of the happiest days of my life. Instead, I was absolutely terrified. We’d just gotten some absolutely terrible news a few days before: James had cancer.”
‘Our love was indescribable.’: Unmarried widow shares unique grief journey after losing partner with Cystic Fibrosis
“Not even 5 pages in, the author started to mention a term not many people hear of: unmarried widow. It felt so nice to finally hear someone say it, validating my feelings and the amount of grief I had.”
‘Seasons aren’t just for calendar years.’: Young widow reflects on personal seasons of grief
“When you live with grief, you realize it’s not so much stages that you pass through over and over, it’s seasons. And I’ll tell you, these aren’t filled with pumpkin spice or a coconut breeze.”
Loss Is Ugly And Messy, But Grief Friends Make Life So Much Better
“Don’t be afraid to share. Don’t be afraid to say their name. Don’t be afraid to be raw and vulnerable. Because one day, some girl you knew way back when might need you, just as much as you need her.”
‘I got a 9am text from my wife asking if I wanted coffee. Later that day, she was dead.’: Man shares how he turned grief into purpose
“There’s that saying, everything happens for a reason. Well, I hate that saying. In fact, I despise it. It gave me no comfort at all. But the idea I could create something positive from this was comforting. So, that’s what I did.”
I’m Really Tired Of Being Somebody’s Widow, But Man Was I Lucky To Be His Wife
“I was at an event enjoying myself when I quickly realized I was one of the only women there not coupled up, at least not by choice.”