- For the New Widow: Ten Tips To Help Her SurviveAfter the Funeral
You're home now. A short while ago you stood over a hole in the earth. You blew a kiss, tossed a rose, sprinkled a shovelful of dirt over a casket, and said goodbye to your husband, your soul mate, the best friend you ever had. Here are ten tips to help you survive: - For the New Widow - Deal Yourself a Deck of Joy - 52 Ways to Manage Your Grief
Your husband is dead. It is your first thought in the morning as you get out of bed and your last thought at the end of your day. You sleep alone. You sit at the breakfast table sipping coffee alone, and stare at an empty chair. Change is difficult and you wonder can you ever accept the hand life has dealt you. - For the New Widow – For Crying Out Loud - Four Tips on Handling Your Grief
The funeral is over. Two weeks have passed. Or is it three? You sit at the kitchen table staring blankly into the face of a missing child on the back of an empty milk carton and sip black coffee. You need to get out of the house. Someplace, anyplace that will take your mind off Him and the memories that loop your brain. - For the Newly Widowed:Top Ten Tacky Things People Will Say to You and Ten Ways You Can React to Them
The funeral is over.You’ve written ten thousand checks, signed your name ten thousand times to ten thousand thank you notes, and ten thousand times you wished you were dead. - For The New Widow - Three Things To Remember - When The Moon In The Sky Hits Like An Axe In The Eye
It's the end of the day, the end of the week, the end of the month.The cat's in the cradle and the dog's in the yard.Or, is it the other way around?You peel one last sticky stamp off a roll, place it on one last envelope, breathe one soft sigh of relief and like a kid with a cupcake, you congratulate yourself for getting through - One more day, one more week, one more month, maybe one more year - Without Him. - For Widows Only -- Three Secret Things To Guide You
You’re home now -- From the cemetery -- Just closed the door on an endless line of well-wishing-filled-with-advice strangers who didn’t know what to say but talked endlessly - For Widows Only - 5 Mistakes To Avoid This Holiday Season
It's the holiday season, whoop dee doo, and you the newly widowed find yourself engulfed in mistletoe and smiling faces. Everyone's singing a happy tune - Everyone but you - Not For Widows Only - What To Say/What Not To Say To The Nearly Newly Widowed
So the news is out. Your best friend's sister's cousin's daughter's next door neighbor's dog walker's husband's got cancer. And the news is bad. It's Stage 4, and it's metastasized. He doesn't have long to live. You just saw the man two days ago, and he didn't look sick. You want to know how can this be. So you go out of your way to contact this woman. Why not? You need information. And you need it fast. - Not For Widows Only - What Every Married Woman Needs To Know
When it comes to this document, you can't afford not to hire a lawyer. You will need advice about what necessary steps to take to prevent future heartache and possible financial ruin in the event of your husband's death. - For Widows Only--6 Ways To Have A Happier New Year
Well, I feel your pain. Really, I do, because I am a widow, too. But, I'm here to tell you, everything will be alright. No, it won't be like it was before He left. But yes, you can and you will get through 2007--With a smile. - For Widows Only-You Know You're A Widow When
At the end of a good day you bust out crying for no particular reason.At the end of a bad day you burst out laughing for no particular reason.At the end of everyday, you crawl into bed and sleep on His side. - For Newly Widowed - 3 Tips To Guide You Through The Grief Process
You're home now. From the cemetery.And you wonder will I ever be happy. Again? - For Widows Only - What We Try/What We Don't Try
We don't try to make mistakes. But we do. Just like death, mistakes can, and do happen.We don't try to forget to write a check, forget to walk the dog, forget to feed his cat or clean the cat box. But we do. - For Widows Only: My Secret to Guide You As You Process Your Grief
Imagine Jackie Kennedy, Mary Baker Eddy, Dolly Madison, Eleanor Roosevelt, Joan Didion, and any other famous widow whose name comes to mind, sitting around your kitchen table, sharing their stories. With you! Imagine what memories they'd conjure up? - For Widows Only - How To Survive The Grief Process - 1 Tip
There are things every new widow needs to know. And just as a businessman carries a briefcase filled with important papers and files, you, the new widow needs a special case - what I call a grief case - a safe place to store your important information - the stuff that will guide you as you process your grief. - For Widows Only - The Way We Were - One Thing I Want You To Know
Her dress was white satin, trimmed in white lace, and she wore a white veil that covered her face. Her hair had curls and her curls had pearls. She stood 2' tall, and she carried a bouquet of white roses with a trail of white ivy tied neatly in a white satin bow.
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