My Window on Widowhood

My journey from grief to contentment

Author: Marlene

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Grief

Bad Days

A friend who is struggling to come to terms with the loss of her husband after 60 years of marriage confessed that she has many “bad” days.  This set me thinking about what we...

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Grief

Reflections

“Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning” Psalm 30 verse 5 Does grief go away? It really depends on what we mean by that question.  Seven years on after...

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Travel

Beyond Daydreams

“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” Jhumpa Lahiri, “The Namesake” I’ve been an avid reader for almost as long as I can remember.  I was the child...

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Grief

Wholeness

How many sermons, talks and lectures I have sat through in my lifetime?  How many books have I read and how many discussions have I engaged in? How much of all that information do...

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Grief

Why?

An almost instinctive reaction in times of disaster is to cry out “Why?”  In cases of natural disaster it leads to a plethora of scientific explanations, as after the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. ...

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Grief

Stuff

Because I am not good about dealing with “stuff”, I have been putting off writing about it.  However, it is something we all face when a loved one dies.  What do we do with...

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Hobbies

Be Creative

When Tom died, an activity that gave me solace was making South African buttermilk rusks.  The processes of rubbing butter into flour and kneading the dough required no thought or skill, but using my...

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Travel

Florida

Many years ago, when I was feeling that life consisted of teaching and very little else, I stumbled across a book that helped me to see things in greater perspective.  The wee book is...

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Grief

A Time to Laugh

While preparing to write this blog, I read again the beautiful and familiar passage in Ecclesiastes 3, verses 1 to 8: “There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under...