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Linda Della Donna - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Freelance writer and Founder/Director of Griefcase, a nonprofit organization dedicated to individuals going through the grief process. You have permission to email Linda Della Donna at griefcasenet@gmail.com to request a copy of her free ebook, "Treasury of Quotations".
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- For Widows Only - 2 Tips to Help You Write Through the Grief Process
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Maintaining what I lovingly refer to as a joy-nal will free your wild mind, calm your rattled spirit, relieve your body of stress. Placing your thoughts on paper will unleash the writer within you.
- For Widows Only - 3 Tips on How to Get Through Those Post-Holiday Blues
[Self-Improvement:Techniques] The holidays are come and gone. And you, newly widowed, made it through without Him by your side. Congratulations!
- Traveling to Key West? - 3 Tips to Guide You When Traveling to Key West
[Travel-and-Leisure:Destination-Tips] Leave your high heels and open-toed flip-flops home. Nothing worse than smashing your piggie into a wedge of concrete when feeding a parking meter to ruin a night out on the town. Ouch!
- For Dating Widows Only - So You Met Someone And Now You Feel Guilty, Too - 1 Tip To Guide You
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] When you, dear widow, finally do muster the courage to step one bunny-slippered foot out your door and move forward with the best of your life, you feel guilty, you feel embarrassed, you feel ashamed, and, oh horrors! You worry, what will people think? What will people say?
- For Widows Only - After You Bury Your Husband 1 Tip How To Bury Your Past
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] You just can't take moaning moping and moving around like a big Moby Dick any more. Seems everybody's got a life except you.
- For The Newly Widowed-What To Do When You're Sad And Blue? The Answer May Surprise You
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Scared? Frightened? You betcha! Let's face it, on the long list of Ugly, burying a husband rockets to the top. But never fear I've got 1 tip to guide you through the grief process.
- For Widows Only - A Cup Of Red Soup To Laugh You Through The Grief Process
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Whatcha writing all dis down fer, Officer? Like I said, I seen da red girl pass by. Dat's it. A couple a times, maybe. I don't remember da time. I don't remember da day. Been busy. Got soup to make.
- Not for Widows Only - Mourning Joy - Day in the Life of a Widow
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Fast forward to August 22, 2006. Not a cloud in the sky. I'm headed to New York - Just boarded an express to Grand Central - To a Charles Cortes, Inc. job site. 35 minutes later, I'm on 42nd Street hailing a taxi. At 71st, I tip the cabbie two bucks, check my belongings, step out into the sunshine, and dial my cell.
- Kristie Leigh Maguire - The Secret of her Success
[Book-Reviews] Think very carefully before you take the plunge to start a publishing house. It is a lot of hard work and there are days when I wonder if I can continue with it.
- For Widows Only - What I Learned About Internet Dating After The Death Of My Husband
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] You are a free woman now, and as such, you are entitled to get out of the house, and have some fun. If you feel like you are cheating, stop that!
- Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Come Out Of The Grief Closet, Your Friend Commits Suicide
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Take time for you. What is your favorite thing to do? What are you waiting for? Do it. This writer went dancing.
- Not For Widows Only - Meet Jewel Sample - Author of Flying Hugs and Kisses
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] The idea of writing a story about grief and loss and the issues surrounding Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) came out of a need of my grandchildren. When our infant grandson, Brennen succumbed to SIDS it was difficult for my grandchildren to understand his death because SIDS is a medical mystery.
- For Famous Writers Only - 1 Tip
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Remember what it was like when you first started out writing for children. Remember back to that stick-in-your-throat, gum-in-your-hair, squeeking-chalk-on-green board moment when you sat along side that successful children's writer and worried, What am I doing here? *Aw, c'mon. Admit it.*
- "Beyond Dancing" - An Interview With Author Anita Bloom Ornoff
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] Bloom Ornoff, was paralyzed at age 21, and confined to a wheelchair. She is an inspiration to anyone experiencing a bad day, a bad week, a bad anything.
- Right to Recover - Book Review
[Business:Marketing] I can only pretend disappointment had my child needed H. R. 810 and not been able to have it because of a veto, or a politician dictating what should or shouldn’t be.
- For The Newly Widowed - 8 Things To Remember Not To Forget
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] 8. Don't forget to remember Him. He was your lover, your mentor, your knight in shining armor. It is okay to keep Him in your thoughts.
- For Widows Only - 1 Secret Tip - For Being The Best You Can Be
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Did you brush your teeth, comb your hair, wash your face today?
- For Widows Only - A Day In The Life Of A Widow - What It's Like When You Got Important Things To Do
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] THINGS. You know, The Hip Itty Nitty Good Stuff that must get done before you get to sit and read, sit and sip black coffee, sit and type, sit and write. Sit!
- For the Newly-Widowed - 7 Essential Tips to Help You Through the Grief Process
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Take a nap. For crying out loud, worrying and burying a man is a lot of stress. It will tax your energy even on a good day. So be sure to schedule a time. Then lay down, lady, take a load off your feet, get some rest.
- For Widows Only - Remember - Don't Forget - 2 Simple Tips To Guide You Through Your Grief Process
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Yes, I felt silly when my instructor twirled me and my pinky poked him in the eye, but I got two happy left feet now. Think happy penguin dancing and typing.
- For Widows Only - 3 Tips To Think About After You Bury Your Man
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Everything you do turns to mush. Every day you make one mistake after another, and you think you are hopeless. You are ready to give up!
- For Widows Only - What To Do When You Can't Stop Crying And Your Mascara Is Running Down Your Face
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] I was a mini Montserrat, erupting tears when I least expected it. In addition, I looked like a walking Halloween mask.
- For Widows Only - 1 Question - When Is It a Good Time To Get On With The Rest of Your Life?
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] But soon...but after awhile...but one day you, dear widow, will see your world in a different light. That is when you begin to fully realize He's not coming back. Ever.
- For Widows Only - The Way We Were - One Thing I Want You To Know
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Her dress was white satin, trimmed in white lace, and she wore a white veil that covered her face. Her hair had curls and her curls had pearls. She stood 2' tall, and she carried a bouquet of white roses with a trail of white ivy tied neatly in a white satin bow.
- For Widows Only - How To Survive The Grief Process - 1 Tip
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] There are things every new widow needs to know. And just as a businessman carries a briefcase filled with important papers and files, you, the new widow needs a special case - what I call a grief case - a safe place to store your important information - the stuff that will guide you as you process your grief.
- For Widows Only - My Secret to Guide You As You Process Your Grief
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Imagine Jackie Kennedy, Mary Baker Eddy, Dolly Madison, Eleanor Roosevelt, Joan Didion, and any other famous widow whose name comes to mind, sitting around your kitchen table, sharing their stories. With you! Imagine what memories they'd conjure up?
- For Widows Only - What We Try/What We Don't Try
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] We don't try to make mistakes. But we do. Just like death, mistakes can, and do happen.
We don't try to forget to write a check, forget to walk the dog, forget to feed his cat or clean the cat box. But we do.
- For Newly Widowed - 3 Tips To Guide You Through The Grief Process
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] You're home now. From the cemetery.
And you wonder will I ever be happy. Again?
- For Widows Only-You Know You're A Widow When
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] At the end of a good day you bust out crying for no particular reason.
At the end of a bad day you burst out laughing for no particular reason.
At the end of everyday, you crawl into bed and sleep on His side.
- For Widows Only--6 Ways To Have A Happier New Year
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Well, I feel your pain. Really, I do, because I am a widow, too. But, I'm here to tell you, everything will be alright. No, it won't be like it was before He left. But yes, you can and you will get through 2007--With a smile.
- Not For Widows Only - What Every Married Woman Needs To Know
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] When it comes to this document, you can't afford not to hire a lawyer. You will need advice about what necessary steps to take to prevent future heartache and possible financial ruin in the event of your husband's death.
- Not For Widows Only - What To Say/What Not To Say To The Nearly Newly Widowed
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] So the news is out. Your best friend's sister's cousin's daughter's next door neighbor's dog walker's husband's got cancer. And the news is bad. It's Stage 4, and it's metastasized. He doesn't have long to live. You just saw the man two days ago, and he didn't look sick. You want to know how can this be. So you go out of your way to contact this woman. Why not? You need information. And you need it fast.
- For Widows Only -- 2 Tips To Help You Cope
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] If you are reading this then something terrible has happened. First let me offer my condolences. As Joan Didion says, "Life changes fast."
- For The Newly Widowed - 4 Tips To Guide You Through The Grief Process
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] The telephone rings endlessly. Seems soon as you hang up from talking to one caller, it rings again. And each time you answer it, you must relive the maddening dirge of who, what, why, when, where, and how it all happened all over again. You secretly wish to shuttle to the moon and leave no forwarding address.
- Not For Widows Only -- 6 Things You Need To Know After His Death
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Wouldn’t it be nice if death came with a little book of instructions -- for the bereaved? Then people like you would know what to say/what not to say to the newly widowed the first time you meet after His death.
- For Widows Only - 5 Mistakes To Avoid This Holiday Season
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] It's the holiday season, whoop dee doo, and you the newly widowed find yourself engulfed in mistletoe and smiling faces. Everyone's singing a happy tune - Everyone but you...
- For Widows Only -- Three Secret Things To Guide You
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] You’re home now -- From the cemetery -- Just closed the door on an endless line of well-wishing-filled-with-advice strangers who didn’t know what to say but talked endlessly...
- For the New Widow -- What We Worry About
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] We are alone. And we worry about that.
We worry we will die alone.
- For Widows Only --What We Want/What We Don't Want
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] We want our husbands back.
We don't want your husband, your son, your father, your grandfather, or your cousin's next door neighbor's husband, her son, her father, or her grandfather.
If we ask...
- For Widows Only -- Who We Are
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] We are women left.
We experienced the best of times; The worst of times. And survived.
We discovered the meaning of life -- Nothing like the loss of a spouse to wake us up to that.
We gained some; We lost some -- Friends and pounds.
We had friends run out on us. We understood they just couldn't take it. At least, we tried to.
- For Widows Only -- What I've Learned
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] After my husband died, I trashed my writing.
I blamed my husband's dying on my writing.
- For the New Widow -- When the Whole World's Ho Ho Ho-ing and You're Thinking, SO WHAT!
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] With the Holiday season fast approaching, and everyone you know, and wish you didn't, is making merry...
While you, the newly widowed, are thinking, Bah, Humbug...
Is it any wonder you want to scream, "Stuff a sock in it!" to that man on the corner dressed in a red suit, with a white beard, ringing a bell?
I want you to know, you're not alone.
- For The New Widow - Three Things To Remember - When The Moon In The Sky Hits Like An Axe In The Eye
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] It's the end of the day, the end of the week, the end of the month.
The cat's in the cradle and the dog's in the yard.
Or, is it the other way around?
You peel one last sticky stamp off a roll, place it on one last envelope, breathe one soft sigh of relief and like a kid with a cupcake, you congratulate yourself for getting through - One more day, one more week, one more month, maybe one more year - Without Him.
- For the Newly Widowed:Top Ten Tacky Things People Will Say to You and Ten Ways You Can React to Them
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] The funeral is over.
You’ve written ten thousand checks, signed your name ten thousand times to ten thousand thank you notes, and ten thousand times you wished you were dead.
- For the New Widow – For Crying Out Loud - Four Tips on Handling Your Grief
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] The funeral is over. Two weeks have passed. Or is it three? You sit at the kitchen table staring blankly into the face of a missing child on the back of an empty milk carton and sip black coffee. You need to get out of the house. Someplace, anyplace that will take your mind off Him and the memories that loop your brain.
- For the New Widow - Deal Yourself a Deck of Joy - 52 Ways to Manage Your Grief
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] Your husband is dead. It is your first thought in the morning as you get out of bed and your last thought at the end of your day. You sleep alone. You sit at the breakfast table sipping coffee alone, and stare at an empty chair. Change is difficult and you wonder can you ever accept the hand life has dealt you.
- For the New Widow: Ten Tips To Help Her Survive...After the Funeral
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] You're home now. A short while ago you stood over a hole in the earth. You blew a kiss, tossed a rose, sprinkled a shovelful of dirt over a casket, and said goodbye to your husband, your soul mate, the best friend you ever had. Here are ten tips to help you survive:
- Ten Things Every New Widow Should Know- to Survive
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] When you suddenly find yourself without your life partner, your world feels like it's been turned upside down. No. You're not crazy. You're a widow. Expect the unexpected.
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