The Turning of My Quilt
November 29, 2006 by Death of a Spouse
Filed under Dealing with Grief, Grief and Marriage, Women and Grief, Your Stories
In Wayne Dyer’s book “10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace”, the second success secret is “don’t
die with your music still in you.” It is amazing to consider how many of us have a longing in our heart to pursue a dream, a vocation, or an experience and then our very logical left-brain dissuades us from
taking the risk to do it.
I suggest that often what stops us is the sense that risking the unknown includes a possible risk of
failure or loss. Leaving our comfort zone and sense of security of the known can move us deeper into
the fear of confronting the unknown. We either make the choice to stay stuck in the fear or to walk
through it to discovery.
The most significant event was the day I decided to redo our bedroom about nine months after my
husband’s death. I was finally ready to let go of the fact that it was no longer our bedroom but it was
now mine. Read more
Ten Things Every New Widow Should Know to Survive
November 27, 2006 by Death of a Spouse
Filed under Dealing with Grief, For Widows, Grief and Families, Grief and Marriage, Women and Grief
When you suddenly find yourself without your life partner, you don’t know what to expect. Your world’s been turned upside down. Like the mighty oak caught in a fierce wind, you feel uprooted. Your feet don’t touch the ground. You think you’re crazy. But you’re not. You’re just a new widow. Your husband is dead and your life is forever changed. Read more