I’m a Survivor!
Posted by admin on Oct 4, 2010 in Other Success Stories, Widow | 1 comment
Dr. Cathy Cameron
By Dr. Cathy Cameron
Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll you that I’m a very giving and caring person as well as extremely compassionate. I wear my heart on my sleeve. With that said, I am no “push over,” for I learned the hard way to fight for what I believe in. I had to learn to become strong willed. I communicate and discuss problems nothing ever gets swept under the rug.
My experience being a widow is not the norm—for my late husband was addicted to cocaine and I was in a physically abusive relationship. Therefore, while married I was widowed in a sense, for I actually had no support emotionally, physically nor financially. So when he passed away, from a cocaine overdose, although heartbroken and sad for my son I knew we would survive! (more…)
Men in Grief: Giving Hope to Husbands
Posted by admin on Sep 27, 2010 in Hospice, Related Eldercare Articles | 0 comments
Kelly Jones
By Kelly Jones, LPCC
Bereavement Specialist
Family Hospice and Palliative Care
Men that are grieving often have a difficult time following the death of their spouse. Our culture emphasizes the need for men to be strong and silent in their grief. Consequently, men have difficulty reaching out for grief support. Grief does not discriminate between genders. Therefore, men need to be equally supported in their grief, just as we support women.
Through in-home personalized grief counseling, Family Hospice and Palliative Care gives hope to men following the death of a spouse. As a bereavement counselor, I have had the pleasure of working with a group of men who are inspirational in their own grief. All are World War II veterans, all have lost spouses after 50 to 60 years of marriage, and all are now experiencing their own physical ailments limiting their independence . Often times we hear stories or know someone who is elderly and gives up their will to live, after the death of their spouse. Not this group of spirited, resilient men.
Turning a Bad Time in my Life into a Positive
Posted by admin on Sep 20, 2010 in Personal Essay, Widow | 3 comments
Linda L. Bryan
I have often said that it’s easier to be a widow than a divorcee because my husband didn’t leave me by choice and he loved me to his last breath. I feel badly for divorcees who feel they were abandoned and unloved by someone they loved so much.
I had the ideal marriage. My first date with my husband was when we were juniors in high school and he was my best friend in typing class. When he asked me to go to the prom I almost fell off my chair. Would going to the prom with him ruin our friendship? I had never thought of him as a “date.” Well, that date went well and our second date was a hayride. I remember coming home that night and telling my mom (as a 16-year-old) that I thought someday I would marry this guy! And . . . four years later after we both graduated from high school and he graduated from Williamson Trade School in Media, PA we DID get married.
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