Articles on Grief/Despair
for Widowers

Three years ago, I would have used the following words to define “grief:” physical and emotional pain, suffering, anguish, cruelty,...

Grief, really deep grief, can change you!  I see examples of this change through my men’s grief group, responses to...

WSN-MO: Widower to Widower with Fred Colby  One thing I have learned since my wife passed over three years ago,...

Grieving is hard. It’s sad. It’s a lot of work! After Tony died, if anyone had said to me, “There...

As widowed men, each of us has experienced a significant wound. This wound like any other will take time to...

Shortly after my wife’s death, I went to the mountains by myself for a week and screamed as loud and...

How to get through those hard anniversaries… that horrible first year I called them the “fierce-some firsts”:  First Valentine’s Day. ...

Grief can pummel you physically, emotionally, and mentally in ways that make you feel as if you will never be...

As I sank into deep grieving after my wife’s death, I became increasingly concerned about my sanity and ability to...