grieving a spouse

Open Your Eyes To Grief Support, It Can Be Anywhere

By opening our eyes and our heart to grief support, it often comes to us in way we never imagined.  I hear this all the time from readers of this blog and it has happened to me personally.  Below is a story from Diane Dettmann who share her personal experience. I hope it will inspire you! – JoAnne

OPENING MY EYES TO SUPPORT by Diane Dettmann

In 2000 when my fifty-three year old husband died suddenly, finding meaning in life again seemed like an impossible task.  Never able to have children, we spent our twenty-eight years of… Continue reading

The American Widow Project

Last week I had the honor of speaking with  Taryn Davis, founder of  the American Widow Project and her partner Nicole Hart.  These two women amidst the grief of losing their husbands  in the Iraq war, have become dedicated to support the new generation of widows – that of the military widow.  They want other military widows to know they are not alone so Taryn produced a documentary DVD about the journey of six military widows, their struggles and sorrow and is FREE of charge to all military widows simply by sending a request to… Continue reading

Loneliness

The loneliness of loss can be one of the most painful of the emotions you will feel during the grieving process. I know for myself and for my Dad, after the loss of our spouse the evenings are particularly a lonely time because it’s the end of the day and the time you usually settled in for dinner and an evening with your spouse.  You might want to find something to do once or twice a week to break up the evening loneliness even if it is dinner at a friends or and evening playing cards with a local… Continue reading