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Live Now. Love Now. Happy Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Krissie

Happy Valentine's Day As I started to write about Valentine's Day, I realized what I wanted to say was simply to let those you care about know how you feel about them. Do it while you can. Every single day. So here's a re-post of Krissie's Legacy for those of you who may be … [Read more...] about Live Now. Love Now. Happy Valentine’s Day

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Grief Recovery Project, Widowhood Tagged With: Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, I love you, Krissie Moore, Live Now, Love Now, surivor, Valentine's Day, Wandering Widow

Pruning Dead Wood

February 12, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Pruning Dead Wood Barcelona

  “There is no true loss in authentic growth, only the natural process of letting go, outgrowing, pruning. The call of the next level requires it. Those who resist the connective opportunities that life brings to grow to their next level, never reach the mental … [Read more...] about Pruning Dead Wood

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Widowhood Tagged With: Broken Open, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Recovery Project, Growth, Healing, Reckless Truth Teller, Survivor, Tracey Bond, Wandering Widow

Kiss Me – What I Learned in Barcelona

February 5, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Big Picture

  The Sound of a Kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer. Oliver Wendell Holmes Mosaics After this trip, mosaics will always be synonymous with Spain. They are everywhere from traditional Roman tile work to Gaudi's, well, … [Read more...] about Kiss Me – What I Learned in Barcelona

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Barcelona, Big Picture, Broken Open, Coping, Grief, Grief Recovery, Joan Fontcuberta, Kinstugi, Kiss, Long-term travel, Mosaic, Reckless Truth Teller, Solo Travel, Spain, Survivor, Travel, Wandering Widow

Someone Take Care of Me. Oh Wait, I’m Someone.

January 29, 2018 By Lisa Bain

take care of me

  The sooner you accept the fact that you have to take care of yourself, the better it will be. He's gone. You used to know how to do this. You can do it again. Put your big girl panties on and get the f@#$ out of bed. You know he'd tell you the same thing, so just … [Read more...] about Someone Take Care of Me. Oh Wait, I’m Someone.

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Health, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Broken Open, Coping, illness, Reckless Truth Teller, Self-care, Solo Travel, Survivor, Travel, Wandering Widow, Widow Health

Adventure Part 17 – Madrid, Spain

January 26, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Madrid Sunset

  Travel brings power and love back into your life. Rumi I've had a lot of people compare my travel year to Eat-Pray-Love. There are similarities, and since I love that book and Elizabeth Gilbert, I'm cool with the comparison. And after a month in Spain, I'm absolutely … [Read more...] about Adventure Part 17 – Madrid, Spain

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Adventure Is Out There, Broken Open, Christmas, Coping, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Recovery Project, Long-term travel, Madrid, Reckless Truth Teller, Solo Travel, Spain, Travel, travel heals, Wandering Widow, Widowhood

Art Therapy – A Grief Recovery Project Post

January 17, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Loss and Found

  "Living is art. Breathing and heart beating is music. Seeing is painting the world with our eyes. Touching is sculpting the shape of everything. Life is the most intense art of all." Jacob Nordby One of my Adventure goals was to experience as many beautiful things as … [Read more...] about Art Therapy – A Grief Recovery Project Post

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Widowhood Tagged With: Art, Art heals, Art Therapy, Boise Art Museum, Broken Open, cancer sucks, Coping, Edgar Allen Poe, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Recovery Project, Healing, J.M. Storm, Jacob Nordby, Jennifer Clissold, Live Now, Music, Poetry, Recalculating, Reckless Truth Teller, Storm Quotes, Survivor, Susan Gentile, Wandering Widow, widow, Widowhood, Widows

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Heart of a Kingdom is a riveting tale of love, courage, loss, and survival set in the magical Kingdom of the Talking Tres, and the City of Belfast. Newly widowed Queen Libby must endure the devastating loss of her husband, do the … Read More about New Book: Heart Of A Kingdom

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Lisa Bain became a young widow in 2016 after losing her husband to cancer. She quickly learned we live in a grief phobic society, which isolates the grieving even further. With both humor and heartbreak, she shares her story and lessons she's learned to help those grieving remember they aren't alone, and to help their family and friends that just don't know what to do to help.

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