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I Thought I’d Know By Now

May 1, 2018 By Lisa Bain

A Grief Recovery Project Post “When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for you to stand upon or you will be taught to … [Read more...] about I Thought I’d Know By Now

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Reviews, Travel Tagged With: Acceptance, Broken Open, Coping, Long-term travel, Reckless Truth Teller, Solo Travel, Survivor, Travel, Wandering Widow

So Low When You’re Solo: Long Term Travel Survival Tips

April 25, 2018 By Lisa Bain

A Wandering Widow Post "I can't even begin to imagine how you are taking in all these incredible experiences on your own. You are totally allowed to feel the loneliness and sadness, understandably. The inspiration for us comes from watching you get back up even when you feel … [Read more...] about So Low When You’re Solo: Long Term Travel Survival Tips

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Blues, Coping, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery Project, Loneliness, Long-term travel, Solo Travel, Survivor, Travel, Wandering Widow

Home Is Where The Heart Is

March 28, 2018 By Lisa Bain

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A Friends and Family Post sometimes you'll feel lost or that you don't know where you are going. be thankful for that. because that means you still know what home feels like, and if you know what that feels like, you are never truly lost J.M. Storm Home Lost When I left … [Read more...] about Home Is Where The Heart Is

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Grief Recovery Project, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Boise, Broken Open, Coping, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Recovery Project, Home, Homecoming, Idaho, J.M. Storm, Live Now, Long-term travel, New Soul Poetry, Reckless Truth Teller, Solo Travel, Support, Survivor, Travel, travel heals, Wandering Widow, Widowhood

Belfast – The Sequel

March 5, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Belfast-Skyline

A Wandering Widow Post “Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.” Pierce Brown, Golden Son One of my Belfast friends recently observed that sequels were either better than the original or a complete letdown. I'd add they can also be … [Read more...] about Belfast – The Sequel

Filed Under: Grief Recovery Project, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Belfast, Cathedral Quarter, For Folk Sake, Gary Duffy, Ireland, Mark Kane, Music, Northern Ireland, Pubs, Solo Travel, The Balmoral, The Balmoral Hotel, The Basement, The Dirty Onion, The Duke of York, The Garrick, The Harp Bar, The John Hewitt, The Thirsty Goat, Travel, Wandering Widow

Adventure Part 20 – Portugal

February 26, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Sintra-Portugal

A Wandering Widow Post "Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knock them down." Darnell Lamont Walker I'd always envisioned Portugal as a beautiful, sunny, coastal country and was excited to get there. As much as I love traveling in the off-season, … [Read more...] about Adventure Part 20 – Portugal

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Grief Recovery Project, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Broken Open, Fado, Fortress, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grief Recovery Project, Lisbon, Livraria Lello, Obidos, Porto, Portugal, Reckless Truth Teller, Solo Travel, Survivor, Travel, travel heals, Wandering Widow, Widowhood

Adventure Part 19 – The Basque Country

February 7, 2018 By Lisa Bain

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  “When one encounters enough strangeness, then what is strange ultimately becomes familiar. The mind can accommodate itself to almost anything, given time: pain, grief, loss, even the possibility that the dead talk to the living.” John Connolly Have you ever visited … [Read more...] about Adventure Part 19 – The Basque Country

Filed Under: Grief Recovery Project, Travel, Widowhood Tagged With: Basque, Basque Country, Bilbao, Boise, Broken Open, Bucket List, Coping, Donostia, Familiar, Gernika, guggenheim, Healing, Jenny Holzer, Live Now, Long-term travel, Mehmet Muran Ildan, Museo Vasco, pintxos, Reckless Truth Teller, Richard Serra, San Sebastian, Solo Travel, Spain, Survivor, The Matter of Time, Travel, travel heals, Truisms, Unfamiliar, Wandering Widow

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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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