As you approach the first anniversary of losing the amazing person that shared your life, I have a vision I would like to share with you.
I am imagining you wearing a heavily laden backpack. This …

Question from Tom: My girlfriend and I dated for two years (a few years ago) and then split up. She quickly married someone else. He passed away after four years. We started dating again a year after …

As you approach the first anniversary of losing the amazing person that shared your life, your love, your joys, and your sorrows; I have a vision I would liketo share with you…I am imagining you …

By Michele Neff Hernandez –
The death of someone instrumental in our lives instantly changes our view of the world. Ordinary things are suddenly fraught with meaning, and insignificant moments become unexpectedly precious. ?After my husband …

Open to Hope contributing writer Michele Neff Hernandez is hoping to create a record for the most widows in one location. She’s organizing the National Conference on Widowhood, which runs July 17-19 in San Diego.
She …

By Michele Neff Hernandez –
Grief is a thief; it steals the breath of life and leaves devastation in its wake. What happens when grief robs a woman of not only her husband, but also her …

By Michele Neff Hernandez –
Motherhood brings out the lioness in me. No task is too small or sacrifice too great to ensure the well being of my three children. In my mind’s eye, I can …

By Michele Neff Hernandez —
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It is an odd and frightening sensation to wish you were dead.? After my husband died, I fervently wished I could die, too. The first time I read that grieving people …

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For the first few weeks after Phil’s death, anything that had touched his body was sacred. His shoes were sitting where he last left them, his lunchbox remained on top of …

by Michele Neff Hernandez –
My husband had a shoe fetish.? Phillip owned shoes for all occasions and athletic events-some were kept only for their sentimental value.? To him, each pair either served a purpose or …

By Michele Neff Hernandez –??
My husband used to call Valentine’s Day “So What Day.’” Romantic, huh? He thought that greeting cards were a waste of trees,?that buying flowers because someone told you to defeated the …

By Michele Neff Hernandez –
There is a song on the radio at this time of year, sung by the Carpenters, called “Merry Christmas, Darling.”? The first Christmas after my husband Phil died, hearing this song …

Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation
National Conference on Widowhood
San Diego, California
July 17-19, 2009
“Celebrating all we have accomplished as we look forward to what we have yet to become.”
The Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation National Conference on Widowhood …