Gratefulness? Really? What Is The Relationship Between Grief and Gratefulness
Have you made your Thanksgiving Plans yet? If you haven’t you might want to check out my last newsletter where I suggested it might be a...
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Lisa Woolery
- Oct 26
- 3 min
Is It Time for A Thanksgiving Backup Plan?
What do widows miss most about Thanksgiving? Normalacy. The way it used to be. Companionship. Dear Friends, As we approach Thanksgiving,...
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Lisa Woolery
- Oct 6
- 1 min
Listen to a podcast interview I did called: The Widow and the Orphans
Halfway There is a podcast hosted by Eric Nevins. He interviews Christians and talks to them about their faith journeys. The podcast is...
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Lisa Woolery
- Sep 15
- 3 min
I can stand on my own.
I can stand on my own. I heard that a few days ago. I hate those words. They literally make my stomach ache, even four years after Eric...
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Lisa Woolery
- Aug 11
- 2 min
Discovering My Widow's Manifest Destiny
Hi Widow Friends, I haven’t written in over a month. My summer was insane. I had two teenagers at home and spent my days driving. I am...
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Lisa Woolery
- May 28
- 3 min
Secondary Losses
Hi Friends, How are you as we move from Spring to Summer? I recently made it through my wedding anniversary without crying. It was my...
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Lisa Woolery
- May 13
- 2 min
Mother's Day can bowl you right over.
Dear Friends, Apologies that I didn’t email you sooner, my week got away from me. How are you leading up to Mother’s Day? If you are not...
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Lisa Woolery
- May 12
- 8 min
I thought it was just going to be a day … but it turned out to be the day my husband died.
I’d like to think we started the day like any other. But I don’t remember. He was in Kansas, not California so that meant it would be a...
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Lisa Woolery
- May 11
- 3 min
I was the princess, now I’m the queen
What’s the difference between the princess and the queen? Very simple, when you’re a princess you are only responsible for some of the...
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Lisa Woolery
- May 10
- 4 min
A road trip with just one parent in the front seats
Autumn is here. The change is resplendent. The colors are vibrant. It’s like a reverberating energy, a leaf’s last chance at life before...
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Lisa Woolery
- May 8
- 5 min
The widow’s grocery list
How my life has changed. I used to bustle about in Sprouts, shopping organic, eating whole foods only, snacking on charcuterie. I never...
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Lisa Woolery
- May 7
- 1 min
Celebrating Eric’s second death anniversary
Our new tradition is to celebrate his life on a fun vacation. We toasted him and did daredevil things like skinny dipping and parasailing...
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Lisa Woolery
- May 6
- 5 min
Just Ask
The morning after Eric died, a neighbor that I had met only once knocked on the door. This was a seminal moment for me, because I made a...
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Lisa Woolery
- May 5
- 6 min
How to survive Christmas without your husband
I have never written about Christmas in detail on my blog because it has just been plain old too hard. I have closed my eyes, plugged my...
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Lisa Woolery
- May 4
- 11 min
All In
Church had become a place of loneliness and desolation. Only faith brought me there the first months after Eric died. Faith and a desire...
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Lisa Woolery
- May 4
- 5 min
The Widow’s Instacart Mites
I needed money. My mind was racing. Ideas. Ideas. Ideas. My husband had died two-and-a-half years before. We were well off financially,...
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