“There is life after loss. It is possible to live in the here and now and still honor and respect what was.”
‘When I got home, there were three cop cars outside. He didn’t even get to see his first Father’s Day.’: Widow overcomes grief to find new love after losing husband to drunk driver
‘853 days after my husband’s unexpected death, I’m hoping I’ll become pregnant with our second baby.’: Widow raising late husband’s child after IVF hopes for second child
“I’m learning how to be a single mom and how to raise our son in a way that would make his daddy proud.”
‘My husband, the love of my life, took his life without warning.’: Widow shares healing journey on 5-year wedding anniversary
“The energy in the air felt thick—off in some way. But I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. ‘It must be nerves about the move,’ I rationalized.”
‘They didn’t know each other. They never even shook hands. Still, he remembered.’: Widow shares touching moment stranger honors late husband 6 years later
“Just when you think that people are forgetting, just when you think your loved ones legacy is quieting down, just when you think they don’t know their name…they do. And it’s probably one of the best feelings in the world.”
‘I’m grieving for three. And some days, it’s all consuming.’: Young widow shares grief journey in wake of husband’s passing
“I grieve for Joe just as much as I grieve about him—for the moments, the feelings, the experiences he won’t have here. And then I grieve for Vienna, who will not have a single memory of her dad.”
‘How do I go from living with him to living for him?’: Widow shares personal meaning of living life for deceased husband
“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.”
‘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.”
‘After my husband died, I thought trips like these were over for me.’: Widowed mom shares self-realization journey after feeling ‘limited and trapped’
“I felt guilt and shame as I compared myself to other moms on IG who looked so happy and content at home with their children, but what scared me the most was how badly I wanted to leave.”
‘We always said this house was just a starter, but now it’ll forever be our home.’: Widow shares heartbreak leaving first home after husband’s passing
“That house, your home, becomes the closet thing you get to going back in time, to reliving.”
‘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.”
