A Smiling Young Widow

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  • To Blog or Not to Blog … Version 2.0

    In her book Resilient Grieving, Dr. Lucy Hone suggests a key question to ask yourself: “Is this helping or hindering my grieving process?” I first shared that question over two… Read more

  • Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief

    This is the title Claire Bidwell Smith gave to her book, and honestly it rings very true –though of course with the caveat that there really are no linear stages… Read more

  • The Overwhelming Presence of an Absence

    The holidays can hit hard. It’s a bit like the love bombing of Valentine’s day, but this is a long season that seems to almost pressure cook our grief. I’ve… Read more

  • You Are Doing This Right

    I sat at a table with three people I barely knew, just chatting. We’d been talking about pets when one of them shared, “I’d choose my dog over my husband… Read more

  • Time Marches On, How Rude

    I watched one yellow leaf slowly fall from a tree as a slight breeze ruffled, and I was hit by a huge wave of missing Tom. I wished we could… Read more

  • Wrestling with Impermanence

    I went to turn on the air purifier in our room, expecting to hear the humming of the machine as I turned the dial. But I didn’t. Oh it was… Read more

  • Moving Forward: One Tiny Step at a Time

    As time goes on the finality of this settles in a bit more and I’ve needed to navigate moving forward. That opens up the question, how do I exist in… Read more

  • The Power of Stories

    This week some of the wild turkeys that live behind our house stopped by the yard. When we moved into this house it was a very common conversation with friends… Read more

  • Awe as an Antidote to Anxiety

    Anxiety is a pretty natural response after losing your spouse, but oh what a beast! It’s a kind of anxiety where you can’t really talk yourself down from it. If… Read more

  • Oscillating in Grief

    I haven’t posted for a bit, despite having pages upon pages of half-written posts. Sometimes I wonder if my writing should just be for myself, not wanting to share anything… Read more

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