I realize as I’m writing this that there’s a good chance you’ve already laid your loved one to rest. Although sometimes services are held off for some time, more often than not people hold them within the first week or two following a death. However, I want to bring this subject up early in this … Read More
Jane came into my office having said goodbye to her husband two years ago. Her son accompanied her to her first session. Her son explained that Dad had died two years ago and that Mom, a frail woman in her 80s, still had no closure, that she had been unable to get over it. I … Read More
The primary focus of this website is to help widows – recent or not so recent – deal with the loss that they’ve experienced. So what exactly are we dealing with? Well, we know that the loss of a loved one has both biological and psychological effects on a person, that can be difficult for … Read More
Shock. Disbelief. Numbness. This isn’t real. Can’t sleep. Can’t eat. Paralyzed. Going through the motions. Simply no idea of what the next step is. All of the above are common and reasonable responses — if reasonable is even an applicable word for those initial hours and days — to the sudden death or terminal diagnosis … Read More
If I reflect on my life, I see a pattern. I have often, and in many different ways, created groups, programs and resources for people following in my footsteps. My operating system has been to try to make things — whatever those things are — better for others because those resources weren’t there for me. … Read More
Welcome to the Suddenly Single Survival Guide blog and resource website. My sister Ruth and I began incubating this idea a few years ago. In 2017, we began to work on this project in earnest and you’re now seeing the genesis of what we hope will be a website that will be beneficial for women … Read More
