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Triage (Helping Your W In the First Days)

May 28, 2019 By Lisa Bain

Triage

Dedicated to Big Larry and Papa Woolsey. Thank you for raising such good humans and sharing them with me. Rest in love and light. A Friends and Family Post Last week, two of my best friends both lost their dads on the same day. Until that day, I never realized how grateful I … [Read more...] about Triage (Helping Your W In the First Days)

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Grief, Grief Support, Grieving, Life After Loss, New Widows, Triage, Widowhood, Widows

Memorial Day and the Bereaved

May 21, 2019 By Lisa Bain

A Friends and Family Post “It is important that we remember. It is vital we do more than just remember.” Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons Memorial Day sucks big giant moose wang, as the hubs liked to say, for many of the bereaved in the US. Why? Lemme tell you. It's … [Read more...] about Memorial Day and the Bereaved

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Coping, Grief, Grieving, Memorial Day, Richelle E. Goodrich, Survivors, Widowhood, Widows

He Gave Me His Blessing (His Final Gift)

May 14, 2019 By Lisa Bain

Flowers

A Keeping It Real Post While I was in Hawai'i, I was lucky enough to catch up with an old friend; one who both knew me before I became Mrs. Bain, and also knew D. As we sat at the family dinner table, catching up on all that's happened in the last decade, the topic of life … [Read more...] about He Gave Me His Blessing (His Final Gift)

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Blessing, Coping, Dating, Grief, Last Wishes, Life After Loss, Love After Loss, NERVO, Survivor, Widow Dating, Widow Wednesday, Widowhood

Bro Tips – Volume Three

April 30, 2019 By Lisa Bain

Bro-Tips

A Keeping It Real Post After my way-too-short-Hawaiian-hiatus, Widow Wednesday is back. I figured I'd kick things off with a funny one, and I cannot tell you how much I look forward to this post every year. I'm truly blessed to have the men in my life, my Bros, who … [Read more...] about Bro Tips – Volume Three

Filed Under: Friends & Family, Widowhood Tagged With: Bro Tips, Dating, Grief Journey, Keeping It Real, Widowhood

How Did He Die? Part 2

February 26, 2019 By Lisa Bain

Mixed-Reviews

“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” Voltaire A What Not To Say Post Wowzers. Out of all the posts I've written, this one may have had the most feedback and debate. I only scratched one side of the surface of this bereavement iceberg. Please Ask How … [Read more...] about How Did He Die? Part 2

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, How Did He Die, Survivors, What Not To Say, Widowhood

How Did He Die?

February 19, 2019 By Lisa Bain

No-Trespassing-Keep-Out

A What Not to Say Post Okay, folks, it's time to address this one. Again. I belong to a Facebook group, and recently someone posted wanting details on how two of our members died. Talk about an opportunity to remind people this is a big, fat, hairy what not to say to the … [Read more...] about How Did He Die?

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, cancer, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Survivor, What Not To Say, Widowhood

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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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