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Topic: WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS
auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Sun 06/29/08 03:26 AM
Good Morning to all w/w! Hope you all have a wonderful day!

carold Joined Sun 03/23/08 Posts: 26747	Sun 06/29/08 08:09 AM
GOOOOOD morning to all widows and widowers! I hope you all have a GREAT day! Back at yah Smiles Looks like us again. Do you ever think about making it into a grief group on the loss of a love one not just widows and widowers? Just a thought. smiles

auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Sun 06/29/08 08:49 AM
Morning Carol No, I set out to make a place for widowed people to try to pass on some help that I received in my early days of grief. Sort of a pay~it~forward type of thing. I know that losses are so very different, like loss of a parent, grandparent, and spouse. I felt like if anyone wanted to start a topic for general grief support, they could do that as I'm sure there is a need for that as well.

OutandAboutAgain Joined Wed 06/11/08 Posts: 29	Sun 06/29/08 04:50 PM
Hello to everyone! I think it's wonderful that there is a w/w area on this site. I am a young widow and thought I would try the 'online dating thing'. Anyway, thanks for this area--it helps me when I read through the threads.

kiteman Joined Wed 10/11/06 Posts: 227	Sun 06/29/08 04:51 PM
Morning Carol No, I set out to make a place for widowed people to try to pass on some help that I received in my early days of grief. Sort of a pay~it~forward type of thing. I know that losses are so very different, like loss of a parent, grandparent, and spouse. I felt like if anyone wanted to start a topic for general grief support, they could do that as I'm sure there is a need for that as well. I have lost every one I ever loved. I have had no help or any one to talk to about it. I am hopeing this forum can help.

carold Joined Sun 03/23/08 Posts: 26747	Sun 06/29/08 08:00 PM
Morning Carol No, I set out to make a place for widowed people to try to pass on some help that I received in my early days of grief. Sort of a pay~it~forward type of thing. I know that losses are so very different, like loss of a parent, grandparent, and spouse. I felt like if anyone wanted to start a topic for general grief support, they could do that as I'm sure there is a need for that as well. I have lost every one I ever loved. I have had no help or any one to talk to about it. I am hopeing this forum can help. I was in a grief group online after my sister died it did help allot now I'm widowed lost my dad at 25. Wasn't saying anything against it just don't see much posts. All good smiles

auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Sun 06/29/08 10:34 PM
Hi Outandabout! WELCOME

auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Sun 06/29/08 10:34 PM
I'm sorry for your losses Kiteman. I've also lost both parents as well. There are many online chat rooms for support of all kinds of losses that you might find helpful.

kiteman Joined Wed 10/11/06 Posts: 227	Mon 06/30/08 06:04 AM
I'm sorry for your losses Kiteman. I've also lost both parents as well. There are many online chat rooms for support of all kinds of losses that you might find helpful. I have lost both of my parents, my grandmother, my motherinlaw who I was close to and of course my wife Thank you I will look into the online chat rooms.

auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Mon 06/30/08 07:10 AM
Good Morning everybody! Kite, there is a place called GROWW, which stands for Grief Recovery Online for Widows/ers. It also has chat rooms for the loss of parents/children, suicide losses etc. There is one Main room for all to go in during the day. And they are moderated by Hosts. This was the one I found first and it helped so much in those early days.

carold Joined Sun 03/23/08 Posts: 26747	Mon 06/30/08 07:17 AM
Good Morning everybody! Kite, there is a place called GROWW, which stands for Grief Recovery Online for Widows/ers. It also has chat rooms for the loss of parents/children, suicide losses etc. There is one Main room for all to go in during the day. And they are moderated by Hosts. This was the one I found first and it helped so much in those early days. Mine was Griefnet I was already on it when I lost my husband. Griefnet.org for everything all different kinds of groups.

kiteman Joined Wed 10/11/06 Posts: 227	Mon 06/30/08 07:18 AM
Good Morning everybody! Kite, there is a place called GROWW, which stands for Grief Recovery Online for Widows/ers. It also has chat rooms for the loss of parents/children, suicide losses etc. There is one Main room for all to go in during the day. And they are moderated by Hosts. This was the one I found first and it helped so much in those early days. Thank you so much, it has been 19 years since my wife died, not the early days. I will look into GROWW.

carold Joined Sun 03/23/08 Posts: 26747	Mon 06/30/08 07:19 AM
I'll check out that GROWW well off to work have a great day. Smiles

OutandAboutAgain Joined Wed 06/11/08 Posts: 29	Mon 06/30/08 12:46 PM
Thank you, auburngirl!

OutandAboutAgain Joined Wed 06/11/08 Posts: 29	Mon 06/30/08 07:02 PM
To the women of the group; has anyone changed their last name back to their maiden name? I was thinking about it, but not sure...

deanna48 Joined Tue 06/24/08 Posts: 25	Mon 06/30/08 07:20 PM
Outandaboutagain why would you want to change your name back?

OutandAboutAgain Joined Wed 06/11/08 Posts: 29	Mon 06/30/08 08:40 PM
I dont know really. I thought that by getting rid of all the things that reminded me of the life I cant have with him, it might help me move on.

auburngirl Joined Fri 04/27/07 Posts: 18811	Tue 07/01/08 03:16 AM
I have not changed my name back to my maiden name. I don't have kids so I suppose I could have. To be honest that never crossed my mind that I recall. I think that you should think about that though. Don't make any snap decisions that you haven't given much thought. So far as that "getting rid of things that remind me of the life I can't have with him", changing your name back will not do that hon.

oldsage Joined Thu 09/14/06 Posts: 18043	Tue 07/01/08 03:35 AM
Outandabout, I would think long & hard on that. I don't know how long it has been for you, I regret some of the hasty decisions I made during the first 2 yrs. A legal process won't change what is in your mind. Only feeds the attornies more money. Just my thoughts.

RainbowTrout Joined Fri 04/06/07 Posts: 13869	Tue 07/01/08 07:57 AM
Moving on for me is realizing the strengths that the passed one gave me and not blocking that she was human. That like me she had weaknesses that we both shared, too. It is making myself better and not living in the past.