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You Don’t Get To Question Our Decisions as Widows

March 7, 2018 By Lisa Bain

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  Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do. C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair A Friends and Family Post I hear from a lot of W's that sometimes the people they rely on most to support … [Read more...] about You Don’t Get To Question Our Decisions as Widows

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Legal & Financial, Widowhood Tagged With: Broken Open, Coping, Financial Advice, Friends and Family, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Legal Advice, Real Estate, Reckless Truth Teller, Reckless Truth Telling, Support, surivor, Wandering Widow, Widowhood, Widows

Don’t Forget Your Hat

February 28, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Beanie Hat

A Wandering Widow Post “It is not our memories but the person we have become because of those experiences that we should treasure. This is the lesson these keepsakes teach us when we sort them. The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for … [Read more...] about Don’t Forget Your Hat

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Grief Recovery Project, Widowhood Tagged With: Broken Open, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Recovery Project, Keepsakes, Memories, Reckless Truth Teller, Survivor, Wandering Widow, Widows

My Father’s Wake – A Review

February 21, 2018 By Lisa Bain

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  But we mortals remain, struggling within ourselves, generation to generation, to answer the same questions; how to live, how to love, and how to die. The wound we bear in grief is the same wound we bear in being human. Kevin Toolis Why A Book Review? I was … [Read more...] about My Father’s Wake – A Review

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Grief Recovery Project, Reviews, Widowhood Tagged With: Book Review, Coping, Death, Dying, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Recovery Project, Ireland, Irish Wake, Kevin Toolis, Mourning, My Father's Wake, Survivor, Wandering Widow, Western Death Machine, Widowhood, Widows

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

New Year’s Wishes for the Grieving

December 31, 2017 By Lisa Bain

2018 New Year

  Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?" -Robert Burns My Dear W's, Congratulations! We did it! We survived Christmas. In case you can't find any pride it that accomplishment, don't worry. … [Read more...] about New Year’s Wishes for the Grieving

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Grief Recovery Project, Widowhood Tagged With: Broken Open, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, grief milestones, Grief Recovery, Live Now, New Year, Reckless Truth Teller, surivor, widow, Widowhood

Married, Single, or Widowed?

December 20, 2017 By Lisa Bain

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  “We know what we are, but not what we may be.” William Shakespeare A Wondering Widow Post In a recent conversation about my experiences as a W, a friend asked if I considered myself married or single. Whoah! I had to think about that one. If you feel confused about … [Read more...] about Married, Single, or Widowed?

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Legal & Financial, Widowhood Tagged With: Broken Open, Coping, Dating, Friends and Family, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Marital Status, Married, Recalculating, Reckless Truth Teller, Single, Survivor, Wandering Widow, Widowed, 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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