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With the Holiday season fast approaching, and everyone you know, and wish...
It’s the holiday season, whoop dee doo, and you the newly widowed...
This will be my first year without my husband. After 20 years of marriage, it’s painful. This is the time...
Traditions can be beautiful; yet, when emotionally laden they can become intensely painful.  Doing things differently makes it is harder to compare to your “old” life.  We always used to...
The holidays have a way of magnifying our loss and can be...
So You Met Someone And Now You Feel Guilty, Too - 1 Tip To Guide You Burying a husband, a...
Ready to date? Now there is a funny concept! You may be ready to date, but I can tell you now, not many men are ready to take you on. There is this misconception that widows and in particular military widows come with so much baggage that no one would...
What I Learned About Internet Dating After The Death Of My Husband...
Happy New Year! Yeah, I know. You’re thinking what’s with this writer? Life sucks without Him by your side. How dare she use the H word and wish me a...
When I was a kid, my family had the same Christmas every year. The packages under the tree changed…the tree might have sat in a different spot in the room, but the essence of Christmas was the same at our house. My younger brothers and I would practice our early...
Doing anything from eating out to traveling solo can be a frightening experience for many of us. Even the things...
Learning to expect the unexpected will help you get through this most...
At some point you may want to find a way to display...
We all have them in frames but here are a few other...
Everybody has their way of dealing with grief.  I’m not the one...
You’ve done it. You buried your spouse and you’re still here, living , breathing, walking around. At least physically you are. Mentally though, you dont know where you are, and...
When your loved one passes you are almost immediately thrown into making...
I got his autopsy report today.  I had a feeling it was...
I received the autopsy report on March 18, 2007, exactly three months after my husband was killed. The autopsy comes in a FedEx envelope. Then, there is a manila envelope...
Explaining The Funeral / Memorial Service to Your Children If this is...
1.Your spouse will depart Iraq and fly into Dover Port Mortuary, located at Dover A.F.B, Dover, Deleware. * They will be escorted the whole trip over * Typically takes 2...
Learning to expect the unexpected will help you get through this most painful time in your life. Here are 10 things you need to know if you are to survive. 1. Expect people to say stupid things. “Don’t worry, you’re young, you’ll meet someone new.” No matter your age, this...
Did you ever notice that sometimes it is hard to find anything...
People Who Tell me How Sorry They Feel For Me I feel...
You take more then one shower a month. You’re able to smile...