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Winning Thursday Thoughts from Jim Winner
____________________________________________ Today marks day 214 since my Joyce died. Even though she was sick for seven months, and we knew for a month, she was going to lose her battle with cancer, I had no idea of what real grief would be like. For the first three months, I seriously questioned not how I would…
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Why Christmas means even more to me as a widow
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…and the most painful, nostalgic, nightmarish time of the year now that my husband is gone. Our hearts and home scream for the void we feel. A voice that once boomed through our home at Christmas as we gathered around the piano is forever silent. The man of…
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Tom Nate, A Good Hearted Man
Tom Nate is not a widower. Rather, Tom Nate is a walking miracle. A resident of San Antonio, Texas, Tom is a man who has endured much and is eager to give forward by supporting the members of WSN. You say you have troubles. Read the account of Tom Nate’s story as written by Kihm…
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Widower: Reaching Grace Through Grief
Widower to Widower with Fred Colby When you find yourself in the deepest pit of grief, when you are hurting as you have never hurt before, and when you feel that you will never be able to feel good again… that is when you can find grace, in this… the most unexpected place. It can…
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From Mourning to Grief
Scripture tells us to mourn with those who mourn; it does not say to grieve with those who grieve – but we should. Mourning and grief are not the same. Mourning has a beginning and a distinct end, but grief goes on much longer. Mourning is made up of rituals and procedures that immediately follow…
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Angels Walk Among Us
by Herb Knoll Author: The Widower’s Journey “Hi, my name is Richard.” Thus began my knowing a giant of a man named Richard Blount (62) as he sat down in the chair beside me. The occasion was my first meeting at GriefShare, a widely available program for those who have experienced a loss in their…
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Grief is Love
Three years ago, I would have used the following words to define “grief:” physical and emotional pain, suffering, anguish, cruelty, punishment, abandonment, loss of self, guilt, misery, and loneliness. I experienced all of these, and I saw no way to survive them or to become whole again. I found the same to be true of…
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A Widower’s Christmas Wish List
by Herb Knoll Author: The Widower’s Journey From as far away as Australia to the British Isles, from Canada to Nigeria, the Widowers Support Network hears the cries of men who mourn the loss of their wife, their soul mates, their partners in life. Widowed men don’t ask for much, never have, never will. After…
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Welcome Home with Barbara Beck
The lessons and best practices featured in Herb Knoll’s breakout book, The Widower’s Journey were the topics of discussion during Channel 45 favorite show, Welcome Home with Barbara Beck. The program aired four times every other day for two weeks in January 2018.
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Annunciation Catholic Church Profiles Herb & Maria Knoll
The charitable efforts of both Herb and Maria Knoll were featured in the November issue of Annunciation Catholic Church Parish Magazine.
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