soaring spirits loss foundation - Brenda Lee Free

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Camp Widow East - 2016

Camp Widow East - 2016

The second week of March I flew to Tampa, Florida to join two of my best widow friends at Bilmar Beach Resort in Treasure Island for a few days of rest and relaxation before we met the rest of the widows at the Marriott Waterside hotel for my 5th Camp

The Year of the Book

It's been an amazing year. 112 backers. 443 books sold or donated. 1 book award. 12 events. 1 year ago was book launch day. Thanks to 112 Kickstarter backers, my memoir was brought to life a year ago and since then, 443 books have been sold, donated or

Camp Widow Canada - Facing Our Grief on the Dance Floor

A week ago I made the drive north to Toronto from my home in south central Pennsylvania. Once north of Harrisburg, suburbia begins to fall away and my views are filled with endless miles of streams that cut through vast valleys of deciduous trees just beginning to turn to colors

Furthest Out

Amongst my widowed friends I am one of the furthest out, meaning, that I've been widowed longer than most of the others in my grief circle of friends. I see their struggles, I feel their pain, yet I can't go "back there". On that

I Had a Dream My Husband Died

Early this morning I had a dream that my husband died. Yes, that already happened. To the first one. But this dream was about my current husband. And it wasn't by cancer. This one felt so real. I swear it was in color. They told me it was

From Camp Widow & Beyond

Camp Widow East: Amazing, connective, refreshing. Below is the blog I wrote while still at Camp Widow in Myrtle Beach, SC. I look forward to sharing more about Camp Widow soon! __ Hello and greetings from CrazyWidow & CampWidow CWx2. I realized, on my second year here at Camp Widow, that

Part One: Widowed with No Children

If you are able to attend Camp Widow in just over a week, you are in for a treat, because I'll be leading the round-table discussion on being Widowed with No Children. No, that's not really the treat - the treat is getting to connect with

Why "Camping" with Widows is Important & How You Can Help

Update: $20 into my goal of $375 - can you help me get to $100 today? Click HERE to donate. Last August I attended my first Camp Widow with the Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation in San Diego, CA. Not only was it my first Camp Widow, but I was presenting