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May 2012

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April 2012

Choosing Me

I can feel the surge of the wave of grief. The tide pulling me out, under, sucking the breathe out of me and causing my heart to race. This is what happens when the past overwhelms me. It has…

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Hello and greetings from CrazyWidow & CampWidow CWx2.

I realized, on my second year here at Camp Widow, that you can take time for yourself while you are here. Last year, I was…

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February 2012

My Widow Letter to My Spouse

There’s an exercise that apparently is quite commonly assigned by grief counselors as part of individual and group therapy sessions. It involves writing a letter to your deceased spouse to say all…

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January 2012

The Ways We Self Medicate Wine. Drugs. Overeating. I am guilty. We all have various ways to cope with our grief, and sometimes that can lead to higher levels of drinking, pill popping, smoking, and eating too much. I invite… Discussion The Ways We Self Medicate 2 Likes My Beautiful Little Deer Chihuahua For all of you who do not know what a Deer Chihuahua is, I wanted to share some pix with you. Steve picked this beautiful little girl out for me three weeks before his death. She has saved my life… Discussion My Beautiful Little Deer Chihuahua 3 Likes What The Widowed Want For Christmas

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December 2011

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On the surface,…

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November 2011

My Camp Widow Experience

Since returning from camp, I've been trying to find the right words to describe my experience. I'm not sure I can totally describe it here but I want to try before I forget. Lol.

When I first…

Blog My Camp Widow Experience 6 Likes What is the most insensitive thing someone h… I had a person who was in the throes of divorce tell me that MY loss was "beautiful and romantic." My husband was dying of cancer at the time. I felt sorry for her, and so, she went un-punched. Discussion What is the most insensitive thing someone h… 12 Likes

October 2011

What a great phrase! Choosing my response to

I posted this today as my facebook status and I just wanted to share it here today.

Here was my post:

“Every Mistake, Every moment of…

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