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Showing posts with label children and grief. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children and grief. Show all posts
Saturday, November 15, 2014

Wish You Were Here, Uncle Dan

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My usually quiet, peaceful and tidy sanctuary of a home has been turned in to a messy playground for two boisterous little boys this wee...
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Father's Day

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Last Sunday was Father's Day. A day that I try to put on a happy, life-can-still-be-good smile that doesn't quite reach my eyes....
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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Untouchable

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The other day, my 2 1/2 year old found one of Jeremy's mementos - an autographed baseball still in the box. I had it in one of the boys ...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Authentic Life

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  Mother's Day card from my girl... On Mother's Day, Widow's Voice alumnus writer Jackie Hannam-Chandler posted these wor...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Tragedy

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source Tragedy has been close to my heart this week. Monday, as I watched the horror unfold during the Boston marathon, I was once a...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Thunderstorms

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source Last night, we got a crazy thunderstorm. I can't remember the last time we had one like that. I didn't realize how lo...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Love is bigger

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source I was thinking about Amanda's post last week comparing divorce to death and how perturbed it made me what some peop...
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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Have a holly, guilty Christmas

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Yesterday, after a full day of sitting at home with the kids, opening presents and playing with those presents, and then picking up...
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Thursday, September 27, 2012

"Read, Daddy"

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Jeremy in the sailor suit, and his other mini-me, Carter bearing the same sweet features. Now the school is in full swing and we...
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Saturday, April 7, 2012

The Social Story

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My four-year-old daughter peed all over herself and it taught me something about grief.   Yep, that’s usually how it works for me.   Molly...
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Friday, March 30, 2012

This Life

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Six and a half years ago the worst thing happened. I wasn't prepared, I had never imagined (who does I guess?), and even if I did spend ...
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Thursday, March 15, 2012

The new girl in town

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source Hi. I'm Veronica. I'm the new girl in town here on Widow's Voice. Like most of you, I'm not the least bit thri...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The funeral revisited

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Image via Wikipedia She sat at the front of the church with her mother. Swathed by relatives. Confused between the false smiles ...
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

A very bad day

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Last week marked two years since I was widowed. It was not a good week.....worse than I could have imagined. .... I arrived at school on ...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Dear Dad

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Cousin Ida, dad and me Dear Dad, You've been gone 7 years now. What happened to you happened to me. I lost half of myself and hav...
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

why Christmas concerts suck

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Image from here... . I have been working really hard at being upbeat and positive this Christmas. I consciously remind myself of the wonder...
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Sunday, November 27, 2011

I Don't Like Broccoli

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Thanks to guest writer Matthew Croke for filling in for Dan today! I’m thinking about getting a second family, one with a wife and kids.  I...
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Thursday, October 20, 2011

The Dance of the Deathiversary

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This post dedicated to my best friend. Our feet have so often marched to the same drum, and though we both would have abandoned the dance gi...
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Friday, October 7, 2011

She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

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Special thanks to our regular guest contributor Matthew Croke who is filling in for Jackie today! The first day of pre-school was minutes ...
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Sunday, September 18, 2011

The Closer

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Special thanks to guest author M,atthew Croke, for his excellent guest post today! Kim is moving and will be back next week! I want to be a...
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