I want to thank you all for your kind words this week, I was trying to put into words how I feel about this community and then I read this poem ….and I thought it was so wonderful, it also reminded me of those that we miss so much
A Friend Most True
© Wendy Hinson 04.03.99
I need to know if you’re my true friend,
will you be by my side until the end?
Can I tell you my secrets deep,
and trust them in your heart you’ll keep?
We are neither of us without our flaws,
can you accept mine as I will yours?
I’ll be a …read more

A little poem by Christina Diaz to help us think about our life
If today was the last day of my life
I would leave all worries aside
I would be thankful to be alive
I would be all right
I would just smile
If today was the last day of my life
I would stop to smell the roses
I would appreciate all that surrounds me
I would be friendly, and I would laugh
I would take the time to be closer
If today was the last day of my life
I would pass on peace
I would be generous
I would pass on love
I would deeply breath
If today was the last day …read more

Any widow or widower goes through that stage which I call the ‘if only’ stage. I wrote this ‘poem’ shortly after he died and I had added some more lines today, hope it helps – remember I am no poet it is just my scribblings about how I feel about grief and death
If only I had told you more often that I loved you
If only I had been more patient
If only I had done something, anything to prevent you becoming ill
If only I had worked less and been with you more
…If only as I sit here today I had less …read more

Here is a poem that I found to help us all and also the widow that I mentioned in Never Give Up Hope. Hopefully it also sums up what the Widows Quest community is all about

I Shall Be Glad
by Grace Noll Crowell If I can put new hope within the heart
Of one who has lost hope,
If I can help a brother up
Some difficult long slope
That seems too steep for tired feet to go,
If I can help him climb
Into the light upon the hill’s far crest,
I shall begrudge no time
Or strength that I spend, for well I know
How great …read more

I received a wonderful email from one of the Widows Quest readers who has written this poem about her grief – she would love to turn it into a song so she is starting to learn the piano to put it to music. I love sharing our thoughts so if you have something you want to share then email me at anna@b5media.com.
For Michael
My baby died last Thursday.
I don’t know what to do
My heart is lost and lonely
It doesn’t have a clue.
Oh, where are you baby?
Are you missing me, too?
Are you lost inside my dreams now
With my memories and blues?
I look …read more

I love this poem that I was give a few years ago by Bruce Wilmer, which I keep for the days that in my grief depression takes over
It’s true that sometimes life is full
Of trying circumstances.
And sometimes we must struggle
For just minimal advances.
Despite events that slow us down
And magnify our worries.
We must learn that progress is
A word that seldom hurries.
To try to grasp the total picture
Is a strong temptation.
Often we attempt too much
And add to our frustration.
Loving out before us
All the things that must be done 
May be harder than to focus
On a single one.
Don’t approach so many tasks
That all your …read more

One of our regular readers is Tiffany who sent me the most wonderful e-mail which I asked if I could share with you all. She also attached a poem in memory of Josh who she lost one year ago today..I hope you find it as moving as I did..here we go
“This past year has been a journey to say the least and I do not think I would have gotten through it if it weren’t for the support from friends family and Widows Quest. Your site helped me see that I was not the alone and that means …read more