Not only is society hard on the “widowed” about finding another love and conforming into a couples world, but so our we on ourselves and each other. No we didn’t ask to be left alone. No we don’t want to stay alone. But we can make a choice to be proactive and utilize this time [...]
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I was so very thankful that I was a picture taking nut over the years. For when my spouse suddenly was killed I had so many pictures to tell stories of his life here on earth. I can remember sifting through the photo albums and envelopes of pictures that had not made it into the [...]
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Everything you know is based on what has already happened in your life. And yet, your only influence right now is over things that have not yet happened. The things that have already happened have gotten you to where you are right now. What you need to be concerned with, however, is where to go [...]
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Special for eDiets by Hara Estroff Marano Perhaps the single greatest source of mental energy is positive interaction with others. Even if you were the class nerd in high school, it’s never too late to achieve social success. You can develop social confidence by following a few simple steps. Schedule Your Social Life To hone [...]
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Several years ago I had the opportunity to conduct a poll with a group of widows and widowers who were contemplating dating again. Here is a quick synopsis of the results. Feel free to add your thoughts and/or experiences. 1. “Practice” – helps with the comfort level of dating. Get yourself out there and try. The [...]
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By Hal Urban Chapter 4 – We Live by Choice, Not by Chance; And we’re free to alter the course of our lives any time we want. It wasn’t our choice to be born into the world. And its not our choice that someday we’re going to die. However, the period in between, the one [...]
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Pain is a teacher. We hate school. But there it is. When we are experiencing pain we are usually moving through something very important. So taking someone’s pain away from them is not really such a good idea. If you want to help someone, be a midwife. Help them birth the pain, bring it into [...]
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Grief Bursts/Grief Attacks We don’t ever get over it…. The grief and mourning of our loved one becomes integrated into our lives. When our loved one dies, a huge hole envelopes our very being and it is so enormous we can barely breathe and keep afloat. Through healing, processing and accepting that our spouse is [...]
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