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Grief, Children, and Lonely Widows

March 21, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Lisa's-Grandbaby

A What Not to Say Post “The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.” F. Scott Fitzgerald This post has been floating around in my head for a while now, and I've been asked a few times … [Read more...] about Grief, Children, and Lonely Widows

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Grief Recovery Project, Widowhood Tagged With: Childless, Children, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Loneliness, Lonely Widows, Wandering Widow, What Not To Say, Widowhood, Widows

When the Grieving Are Selfish

March 15, 2018 By Lisa Bain

Grief-Selfish-Me

  You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix A Friends and Family Post Thanks for the request for this one. I've wanted to write about it for a while. Those of us that have … [Read more...] about When the Grieving Are Selfish

Filed Under: Coping with Grief, Friends & Family, Widowhood Tagged With: Broken Open, Coping, Friends and Family, Grief, Grief Journey, Grief Recovery, Grieving, Reckless Truth Teller, Support, surivor, Wandering Widow, Widowhood, Widows

You Don’t Get To Question Our Decisions as Widows

March 7, 2018 By Lisa Bain

No

  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

MyFathersWakeKevinToolisCoverImage

  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

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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