“The scene out my window keeps passing and I can’t stop it. Every day, I’m sitting backwards on a moving train.”
‘I didn’t buy this ticket. But the train of life keeps moving.’: Young widow shares grief journey after loss of husband
‘When I peeked outside, my heart melted.’: Kind landscaper helps widow look for late husband’s insignia pin lost in overgrown yard
“He was out there with a metal detector, going through the blades of grass. Looking for charms that mean nothing to him, but everything to us. It didn’t matter that he didn’t know us. It didn’t matter that he had other jobs to go to. It didn’t matter that it wasn’t his ‘problem.’ He took the time to be kind.”
‘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.”
‘We won’t wake him up with morning snuggles and coffee in bed. But we will celebrate him.’: Widow shares grief, celebration on Father’s Day
“It may not look like celebrating in the traditional sense, as typically that doesn’t involve cemeteries and tears, but it will be our own little version of celebrating the day.”
‘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.”
‘We live in a 4-bedroom home and this is us. Every night, every morning.’: Widower shares sweet way he supports grieving kids
“It’s been almost 2 years since they lost their mommy. I used to fight it. I’d tell them they’d get better rest in their own beds. To give it a chance. That their beds are more comfortable than my floor. It took me almost 2 years, but I get it now.”
‘Her eyes rest on a little unicorn her daddy bought her two Christmases ago. ‘What’s on your heart?’ I ask. ‘Daddy,’ she says.’: Widowed mom navigates grief and solo parenthood
“This grief, this missing your person, and this raising babies without their daddy – it is relentless.”
I Became A Different Person After My Husband Died
“You realize down to your bones how short life is. Relationships matter more. Words matters more.”
