As we have enjoyed meeting online for the last two months, I thought I would try and arrange a session for July. If you want to speak to other people who understand about grief, who will listen and share their tips on coping with bereavement…then why not sign up at our widows quest wiki. On the site are 3 suggested dates 2nd, 3rd or 4th July….let me know which one would work for you. We base it on 6pm New York time.
What do I get out of these sessions?

The feeling of belonging. That I am with people who just…well understand.
Happiness. …read more

My friend is a widow who has 3 small children and I often write about how much I learn from them…yesterday yet again they showed me a wonderful way of coping with grief.
When I went around the eldest boy was blowing up balloons, after blowing up about 6 in a row he then painstakingly tied ribbon to them….he then gathered them up and asked us to go into the garden. He smiled as he let each one fly away in the wind.
I asked him what the balloons were for and he said “His mum had given him a pack of …read more

For the telephone session I am going to send you all a calendar so we can plan when we can all be together….so it won’t be on Sunday. The joys of arranging a session with friends all across the world – but hey it will be worth it.
In the meantime I thought I would share another grief poem that I saw at a funeral this week
Life Unbroken
Death is nothing at all.
I only slipped into the next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still…
Why should I be out of mind becuase I …read more

I would like to ask your opinion. Mary cannot make a Sunday call and I feel that she has been such a wonderful part of the community that we should change the time. So couple of ideas.
I can do next Saturday next week (not this week) or
What about a night during the week? If we made it next Thursday I don’t mind a late time say midnight or 1am London time which would be 7pm  or 8pm New York time or would it need to be later?
Hopefully it is only this first time that will prove difficulty I …read more