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One More Day

October 10, 2021 By Lisa Bain

Holy Hannah. It's been a hot minute. How ya doin? Today I am officially one day older than D was when he died. I know it's a strange thing to find hovering around in my awareness this far into my AfterLoss journey, but here it is, just hanging out. A few years ago, … [Read more...] about One More Day

Filed Under: All The Beautiful Things, Featured, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Broken Open, Grief, Grief Journey, grief milestones, Grief Recovery, Healing, Life After Loss, Live Now, Loss, Mental Health, Reckless Truth Teller, Survivor, Widowhood, Widows

Birthday Lessons

November 18, 2020 By Lisa Bain

A Keeping It Real Post Welcome to my annual birthday post. This one marks my fourth without D, and the knowledge that I'm now the same age he was when he died carries heavy significance. I live for myself, not his memory, but that doesn't stop me from sometimes hearing … [Read more...] about Birthday Lessons

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Birthdays, Broken Open, Coping, Friends and Family, Grief, Grief Journey, grief milestones, Grief Support, Grieving, Life After Loss, Live Now, Loss, Mental Health, Reckless Truth Teller, Survivor, Widow Wednesday, Widowhood, Widows

A Letter To Myself on New Year’s Eve 2019

December 31, 2019 By Lisa Bain

For all of the trouble you've been through The blessings doubled just for you, the best is yet to come Today is the first day of the best days of your life You ain't seen nothing yet. Frank Sinatra, The Best Is Yet To Come A Keeping It Real Post I know. Everyone … [Read more...] about A Letter To Myself on New Year’s Eve 2019

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Featured, Widowhood Tagged With: Bereavement, Broken Open, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, grief milestones, Grief Recovery, Grieving, Holidays, Life After Loss, Live Now, Loss, New Year's Eve, Reckless Truth Teller, Survivor, widow, Widowhood, Widows

The Wandering Widow’s Top 10 European Cities

June 4, 2018 By Lisa Bain

A Wandering Widow Post You know how parents aren't supposed to have a favorite kid? That's how I feel everytime someone asks me to rank the places I've visited. I've loved them all for different reasons, and most of them have ended up on my "come back and visit again" … [Read more...] about The Wandering Widow’s Top 10 European Cities

Filed Under: Grief Recovery Project, Travel Tagged With: Amstelveen, Austria, Belfast, Bucharest, Bucket List, Coping, Edinburgh, Holland, Ireland, Isle of Skye, Itlay, Killarney, Live Now, Long-term travel, Montserrat, Northern Ireland, Oban, Romania, Scotland, Solo Travel, Spain, Survivor, Travel, Tuscany, Vienna, Wandering Widow

So Much More Than Tulips, Windmills, and Red Lights – Two Weeks In Holland

May 7, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Tulips-Kukenhoff-Holland

A Wandering Widow Post The earth laughs in flowers. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Perhaps it's not a coincidence that the final stop of my adventure was in Holland. Like many of the countries I visited along the way, Holland wasn't on my original itinerary, although it was on this … [Read more...] about So Much More Than Tulips, Windmills, and Red Lights – Two Weeks In Holland

Filed Under: Grief Recovery Project, Travel Tagged With: Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Amsterdam Forest, Drijvend Pavilion, Dutch, Grief Recovery Project, Groningen, Holland, Kuekenhoff, Leeuwarden, Live Now, Netherlands, Rijksmuseum, Rotterdam, The Hague, Travel, Utrecht, Wandering Widow

Just Say The Mushy Stuff Already: A Tip For My Bros

April 18, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Love Note

A Wondering Widow Post He Love Me. He Loves Me Not. Last week I shared my favorite Bro Tips, the advice I get from my guy friends. Being one of the boys means I get to reciprocate. Here is my Numero Uno tip for my Dudes: say the mushy stuff, and say it out loud. Some men … [Read more...] about Just Say The Mushy Stuff Already: A Tip For My Bros

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project Tagged With: Brett Young, Bro Tips, cancer sucks, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, In Case You Didn't Know, Irish, Live Now, Love Letters, Mushy, PS I Love You, Survivor, Wandering Widow, Widows

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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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