Widows Quest » stories-of-hope http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest Redefine Yourself and Rediscover Life after a Loss Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 A Cancer Patient Builds a Community http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/a-cancer-patient-builds-a-community/ http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/a-cancer-patient-builds-a-community/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:36:58 +0000 Anna Farmery http://www.widowsquest.com/a-cancer-patient-builds-a-community/ Post from: Widows Quest

]]> I have started to love twitter, because of the community feel, the fact that despite working from home I never feel alone and also the power of it.

One of the community, is a wonderful lady called Susan Reynolds who found out that she had breast cancer. To ease the pain she used a bag of frozen peas. When her twitter friends found out, they changed their pictures to frozen peas, sent her messages of support and also raisedSusan Reynolds money for charity. The Washington post picked up on the story – How Frozen Peas Started a Movement. It is worth reading to understand how blogging can make a real difference in our lives, and how we can face cancer in a positive way.

I share this story as it illustrates to me…

  1. How blogging can raise awareness from a personal level.
  2. The power of collective thinking of a community of friends.
  3. How we are not alone, we have a global community to help us face life’s challenges
  4. How making a cause personal, it engages people and moves them to want to make a difference.
  5. The timescale of awareness of our personal problems has moved to minutes/hours.
  6. How blogging can be used for education of issues.

Oh and how we should all live each day to the full, never let our desire to build a business remove our ability to enjoy life and the love of those around us.

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/a-cancer-patient-builds-a-community/feed/ 11 My lessons on grief from a rainbow http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/my-lessons-on-grief-from-a-rainbow/ http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/my-lessons-on-grief-from-a-rainbow/#comments Wed, 30 May 2007 16:21:28 +0000 Anna Farmery http://www.widowsquest.com/my-lessons-on-grief-from-a-rainbow/ Post from: Widows Quest

]]> It has been raining today and as I look out of the window I can see a beautiful rainbow. It made me think….

The rain is like our grief. Our tears flow and flow, our outlook feels dark with no sign of relief.

The rainbow is like our journey. It is a bridge to the future. The grief has caused us to change, it has brought out different emotions, different experiences that has caused us to grow as a human being, just like the array of colours in the sky.

The pot of gold is like our hope. We hope that with time we will find a new happiness, a new life. In reality  rainbowl1.jpg our life is new now because it has already has changed. We start to cope with our grief when we realise there is no magic formula, there is no pot of gold….there is an arc of pain that we need to go through to find the sunshine again.

Rainbows are a sign that there has been rain…but they are also a sign that the worst is over. Maybe we should all put a picture of a rainbow in our homes, to remind ourselves that happiness is on it’s way….

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/my-lessons-on-grief-from-a-rainbow/feed/ 9 The Thought of Friends Make Me Smile http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/the-thought-of-friends-make-me-smile/ http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/the-thought-of-friends-make-me-smile/#comments Sat, 26 May 2007 08:52:59 +0000 Anna Farmery http://www.widowsquest.com/the-thought-of-friends-make-me-smile/ Post from: Widows Quest

]]> Today I am going to meet up with 4 friends who I have known through all the highs and lows. Friends that are there whatever, friends that just take me as I am. I cannot wait. Normally, I don’t look forward to going out – I2girlstakingphoto.jpg don’t like the feeling of being “single” but today is different.

I found myself smiling at the thought of a meet up and a lovely barbecue…no pressure just friends who care, can’t wait. I don’t know what I would have done without my friends over the last months….   

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/the-thought-of-friends-make-me-smile/feed/ 2 Control your depression http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/control-your-depression/ http://www.blisstree.com/widowsquest/control-your-depression/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:26:51 +0000 Anna Farmery http://www.widowsquest.com/control-your-depression/ Post from: Widows Quest

]]> I have noticed that what I watch on the television and listen to, really affects my mood. You can often almost feed your depression and grief by watching tear jerker films or sad music. What I find is that if I do that, it feeds the depression and my desire to cry and feel down.sunset.jpg What I find more productive is to watch uplifting stories, stories of hope and achievement. Stories and music that feeds the positive not the negative. I now am really careful about what I choose so that I am controlling my depression, instead of letting the depression control me.

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