Articles on Widower Awareness
for Widowers

The following is a summary of an often-told story that offers a valuable perspective on how we might regard grief....

I found myself in a predicament one Thanksgiving eight years ago. It surprised me. Suddenly my grief (which I thought...

Our mental state after losing our wives is often unstable for a period of time. This can lead to bad...

Remember Frankie Valli’s hit song, “Big Girls Don’t Cry?” Many of us can probably sing a few verses. Well, like...

Some of our best learning opportunities come from our worst experiences. I have had a few of those, and over...

This is the second of two articles on topics often seen as taboo. Failing to confront important topics only makes...

Most widowers, even the more extroverted of us, tend to shy away from discussing topics that seem too personal, too...

During our early stages of discombobulated, slightly psychotic, and often delusional widower behavior, we may find ourselves reacting inappropriately in...

On the evening of June 29, 2015, I began a journey for which I was ill-prepared. After holding my wife...