Widows and widowers most assuredly need the body of Christ to help and support them as they adjust to life without their spouse by their side.
This roundup of encouraging quotes every widow needs to read provides an opportunity to get out of your own head and see things from different perspectives.
Wondering what to say to someone who lost a loved one? It's difficult to choose the right words so don't say these things people say to grieving widows.
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Related Printables: The Widow’s Mite Coloring Page Solomon’s Temple – 3D Craft Jesus Heals the Ten Lepers Craft Jeremiah Taken Out of the Dungeon Craft
Related Printables: The Widow’s Mite Coloring Page Solomon’s Temple – 3D Craft Jesus Heals the Ten Lepers Craft Jeremiah Taken Out of the Dungeon Craft
Are you guilty of making grief harder than necessary? If you find yourself falling into these 8 traps it's time to get out of the unnecessary grief habit.
Where is Jon? I've been widowed three years and I'm still expecting him to come back. It's not possible that he is gone for good, snuffed out.
I wanted to keep my late husband's winter coat. It let me feel close to him. But the weather was turning cold. Someone needed that coat.
After more than two years of being widowed, shouldn't I be over it by now? I'm not. The universe has tilted and it has yet to right itself.
A day-long hike at Point Reyes keeps my mind off the fact that I'm widowed -- and I'm fine until it's time to go home.
My husband of 44 years died seven weeks ago. So far, I've used denial and distraction to keep my mind off the silence.
Against all odds, a flowering fruit tree took root in the wild canyon below our house, but not for long. Nature giveth, nature taketh away.
Grief shows up in many different ways. For me lately, without my husband alongside me, grief is love with no place to go.
I'm widowed now, but when Jon was alive we were two people -- and the marriage we'd created over the years.
My husband of 44 years died seven weeks ago. So far, I've used denial and distraction to keep my mind off the silence.
Dancing makes me cry. When I joined a Zumba class the other day, I stayed at the back of the class. I knew there would be tears.
This simple craft links to the gospel story of the Widow's gift or Widow's mite. A free Bible craft. Great kids ministry craft. PDF download.
Well-meaning people would say things like, "Well, you don't look like a widow." Even friends that I saw on a regular basis, would say things like, "Oh, I expected you to look different." It was as if people thought widowhood would transform me into an old hag.