My Window on Widowhood

My journey from grief to contentment

Author: Marlene

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Family History

Lest We Forget

With Remembrance Day just passed, I feel that it is time to pay tribute to Tom’s father.  When I was sorting through Tom’s stuff after he died, I came across a tatty plastic carrier...

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Family History

Learning from the Past

Genealogies are boring, right? Take this example from the first chapter of Matthew, the opening of the New Testament. Imagine having to listen to the whole passage every Christmas! I’m sure that it will...

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Family History

Don’t Look Back

But Lot’s wife looked back and she became a pillar of salt Genesis 19 verse 26 The photo was taken in Western Australia in the Nambung National Park. These formations are referred to as...

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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...