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Most widows go through a crazy emotional rollercoaster as they move from one stage to another. One moment they are flying high and the next they are sinking morosely into a pit. They can be on level ground one minute, but the next may find them perching...More

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2. What We Widows Want from Others

I have known many widows, starting with Pli, my best college friend, when we were both only 29 and had three children. As part of her therapy, she and I made a stab at outlining what we thought would be a perfect guidebook for widows. I felt like an...More

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3. The Widow's Second-Year Slump

One of the worst things anyone said to me when I was a new widow was that she thought the second year was harder than the first. I almost fainted on the spot. Here I was, plowing along with almost no sleep, feeling as tight as a watch...More

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4. Mourning - The Expression of Grief

According to Webster?s New World Dictionary grief is defined as ?intense emotional suffering caused by loss, disaster, misfortune, etc.; acute sorrow; deep sadness.? Mourning is the expression of grief. We usually think of grief as...More

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5. Why Do We Experience Grief?

Everyone is familiar with feelings of grief. These feelings range from mild, momentary unhappiness to feelings of intense and acute emotional suffering that take a long time to heal. These feelings can be caused by disappointment, discouragement,...More

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6. The New Character of Grief

When Lorelle and I first wrote this grief devotional, Mourning Glory, the world of grief, as well as the world at large, seemed much smaller. We had not been through 9/11, the war in Iraq or Afghanistan the tsunami in Asia or Hurricane Katrina. Mourning...More

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7. A Balloonful of Love

Three things will last forever ?faith, hope, and love ? and the greatest of these is love (1st Cor. 13:13 NLT) ?Happy Valentine?s Day, Baby? I sang as I entered the house carrying a balloon tied to a box of candy. My husband grinned up at...More

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8. The Mourning Process

I think we, no, I should say I, often forget that grieving is an extremely individual process. No one can really experience grief in the way I do, and no one can experience it in the way you do. When the Lord says in Matthew 5:4, Blessed are those who...More

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9. The Stages of Grief

Elizabeth Kubler Ross wrote about the five stages of catastrophic loss in her book,? On Death and Dying?. While she was speaking to the terminally ill patient, most people have found that the stages she defines work as well for almost any kind of...More

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