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A Good Man
Posted in Shared Stories, tagged faith, honoring fathers, loss of father, memories of fathers on April 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Life is Like a Compass- In Times of Grief
Posted in Shared Stories, tagged grief, grief journey, Grieving, living with grief, widow blogs, widowhood, widows on October 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We never really know what lies ahead in our life’s journey. Just as we think we have things figured out and what direction we’re headed, life throws us a curve ball!
My online blogger friend, JoAnne Funch, gives a great analogy for helping us through the grief process in her Heartache to Healing website. Sometimes we have to be open to change and allow our inner compass to guide us through. JoAnne shares her blog: Life is like a Compass.
“Just as our grief doesn’t follow a predictable course like a map, neither does life. In fact, it’s more like a compass because it points you in the general direction and then you figure out where to turn.” -JoAnne Funch
FINDING A GRIEF SHARE GROUP
Posted in Grief Resources, Shared Stories, tagged coping with death, faith journey, grief, grief support groups, GriefShare, widow, widowhood on September 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »
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GriefShare groups are for anyone going through grief over losing a loved one. This could be a spouse, parent, sibling, child, friend or anyone who left this world too soon and has left a footprint on your heart. GriefShare is there to help you walk through grief with others who understand the hurt you feel.
GRIEF SHARE
https://www.griefshare.org/
GriefShare is a friendly, caring group of people who will walk alongside you through one of life’s most difficult experiences. You don’t have to go through the grieving process alone.
How GriefShare works:
GriefShare seminars and support groups are led by people who understand what you are going through and want to help. You’ll gain access to valuable GriefShare resources to help you recover from your loss and look forward to rebuilding your life. There are thousands of GriefShare grief recovery support groups meeting throughout the US, Canada, and in over 10 other countries. There’s one meeting near you!
Plug in your zip code and find the GriefShare groups that are close to you!
Free daily email encouragement:
Receive an encouraging email message every day for a year. These short messages will inspire you and provide practical information as you grieve the loss of your loved one. Sign up for the GriefShare daily emails.
Sheryl Sandberg: Widow and COO of FB
Posted in Shared Stories, tagged death of spouse, grief, grief journey, Grieving, loss of spouse, widow, widowhood on May 30, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Sheryl Sandberg (COO of Facebook) perseveres through grief when her husband, Dave Goldberg, suddenly dies in 2015. Listen to Clay Scroggins (Lead Pastor at North Point Community Church- one of Americas largest churches) interview Sheryl as she talks about her grief journey.
In the 3rd part of the series, Fight For It, Clay explains how the struggle is real and Sheryl shares her struggles in her widowhood. It is summed up…. “In our greatest adversities, we receive the gift of being comforted by God, so we may then comfort others.”
A WIDOW’S PURSUIT- BEWARE OF SCAMS
Posted in Grief Resources, Shared Stories, tagged grief, grief journey, Grieving, loss of loved one, loss of spouse, widowhood, widows on March 12, 2019| 1 Comment »
I want to share with my followers a very disturbing finding. When I pulled up my book on the Amazon website last month, I found out that 3rd party sellers were selling my $14.99 book for hundreds of dollars! I called Amazon for assistance and was told they could not do much about it. There have been about 20 sellers, selling 3 versions of my book (2012, 2015 & 2017) from $12.13 up to $298.69!!!!
First of all, no one should be purchasing the 2012 or 2015 version of my book. The newest edition is the 2017 that should only be bought through Amazon here. I am very annoyed that these 3rd party sellers are jacking up the price and I’m not even sure the purchaser will even receive my book!
I’ve emailed each of the sellers and asked them to remove my book from their list. Most of them obliged and the rest I’ve had to report to scamsellers. There are still about 4 of them who haven’t been removed, but I am still working on it.
Please be aware and do not purchase through any 3rd party seller. Sorry for the inconvenience! Only order “A Widow’s Pursuit” through Amazon for $14.99!
A Widow’s Pursuit -Kindle Edition on Sale
Posted in Grief Resources, Shared Stories, tagged death of spouse, faith, grief, grief journey, Grieving, widow, widowhood on October 9, 2018| Leave a Comment »
KINDLE COUNTDOWN DEAL 
Get it today…on sale…for $3.99
Price will increase tomorrow to $5.99 and then to 7.99 before it goes back to regular price of $9.99.
A Widow’s Pursuit-In Top 30 Widow Blogs
Posted in Grief Resources, Shared Stories, tagged grief, grief journey, Grieving, loss of spouse, widow blogs, widowhood, widows on September 27, 2018| Leave a Comment »
My website, “A Widow’s Pursuit”, has been selected for the Top 30 Global Widow Blogs. Please share this with others who are widowed and need to know they are not alone.
These top 30 blogs are from other widows who want to share their grief journeys with others in widowhood to provide them hope.
In with 2018 & Reflect on 2017
Posted in Shared Stories, tagged Future, Goals, Grieving, hope, New Year's Resolutions, Reflection, widow on January 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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My church put together five simple concepts they felt were important about making New Year’s Resolutions. So they wanted to remind us of those:
1) Keep it Simple
2) Include others
3) Celebrate Accomplishments
4) Encourage Often
5) Focus on the Big Picture
Additionally, they sent an exercise that would be a great way to finish out 2017 and begin 2018: I filled it out and it was a great reflection from the year past and the year to come!
2017:
2 FAVORITE MEMORIES
- Buying a new home
- Road-trip with my sister
3 THINGS I’M GRATEFUL FOR
- My parents moved to GA
- My daughter was OK after her accident
- Everyone in our family had good health last year
1 HARD LESSON I LEARNED
- I can’t do everything! God is still in control!
1 THING I DID THIS YEAR I’M PROUD OF
- I reconnected with several family members
2018:
3 PLACES I WANT TO GO
- San Francisco- to see my new granddaughter in April
- Florida- to go to my friend’s son’s wedding
- To the Georgia mountains in the Fall
2 WAYS I CAN HELP OTHERS
- Pursue my job as a Social Worker
- Pursue selling my book to help other widows
1 THING I WANT TO GET BETTER AT
- Marketing my book by giving Speeches
2 THINGS I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO
- Meeting my new grandbaby
- My Step-daughter’s wedding
3 NEW THINGS I WANT TO TRY
- Doing Grief presentations
- Sticking to more healthy eating
- Trying new recipes
This is my list so now it’s your turn!
Top 30 Blogs
Cindy Adams and Daughters, Jessica & Nicole
I was widowed at 34 years of age, with 2 young daughters, 6 and 7 years old. After raising my daughters, and pursuing a second career, I've recently remarried and wrote a book on my grief journey and beyond. My purpose for writing my memoir, "A Widow's Pursuit", is to encourage other young widows, that life goes on as we make new and joyful memories. We all have a different grief journey but we can help and encourage each other to persevere through grief and pursue new dreams!
A Widow’s Pursuit
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