The Man I Didn’t Want – A Widow’s Love Story
A Widows World
by Tanya Smith
4y ago
The man i didn’t want – A Widow’s Love Story January 2008 in the heart of the winter, that is when he came into my life – the man I didn’t want. My heart frozen in time, hardened like the ice that cascaded and seemed to cover everything around me. If I am being honest, I wasn’t alive, I didn’t want, nor did I appreciate being alive at that time. Destruction had never been my thing – until it became my thing. How much could I hurt myself, so that I would just feel something? Looking back is hard, but it is also what saved me from me. My world felt much like what you would expect of being stuck ..read more
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Thankful and Grateful State of Mind
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by Tanya Smith
4y ago
Today is hard for so many of my friends in the widowed community. I instantly wake and think of each of you, because I understand. I instantly think of my former life and this new life I have built and how though things have transcended and continue to keep going forward, I will never forget, I will never stop remembering and I will always love. For this, I have a thankful and grateful state of mind. Having a thankful heart and a grateful state of mind in a season where it seems to be slammed down your throat can be very difficult. Know that you are being thought of today in each and every wa ..read more
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I Won’t Wish My Life Away – Because Then They Wouldn’t Exist – Influence
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by Tanya Smith
4y ago
  I won’t wish my life away, or a different way – because then they wouldn’t exist! Listen to the latest podcast episode. Today, I woke up and I quickly heated the oven setting it to 350 degrees for 25 minutes. The braided folds of the neatly looking pastry, I admired, knowing my daughters smile would light up at the site. The eve of her birthday, I shared with her the events that took place seven years prior, before we even came to hold her, love her, know her. Fast forward to two years almost to the day, so two years and one day later…we welcomed another strong girl into our lives – 9 ..read more
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A Re-Married Widows Fight Towards Joy
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by Tanya Smith
4y ago
Today eleven years ago, I wheeled my husbands heart which sat inside of a cooler –  to the jet that was waiting to take it to a very lucky young man in NYC. A man, I am now ready and hopeful to meet. I couldn’t help but feel I was on the losing end of someone else’s prayers, however it gave me some peace knowing my healthy and amazing husband gave better life to 6 others. Today, more than any other lossversary, I celebrate the love, the life and all of what has brought me to the woman I am. Today, I see the happiness on the outside of sadness. The joy surrounding the sorrow and the great ..read more
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Folding Sheets and 1000 Days of Widowhood by Rev. Sherry Massey
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by Tanya Smith
4y ago
Folding sheets and 1000 days of widowhood. Last week I was folding my sheets as they came out of the dryer. Using the bed to aid me in this task, my mind was wool gathering and the memory of the first time I folded sheets after my husband Mike, died, floated to the surface. He and I almost always folded sheets together. He was not at all concerned about crisp folds or a nice finished bundle, as was I; we just enjoyed being together. That day, however, as I touched the sheets, I crumpled to the bed, sobbing. I had washed his scent from them; it was one more reminder that he was really gone and ..read more
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Patton Oswalt Has Every Right To Be Happy, Trolls | Scary Mommy Article
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by Tanya Smith
4y ago
I love this article written about the recent engagement of Patton Oswald and Meredith Salenger, and shared by Scary Mommy. What I love even more is that Erica Roman a fellow widow, I and many in our widow communities have connected with on this journey shares. She writes from her heart, a widows heart and perfectly addresses those who have and are publicly judging and criticizing – Patton Oswalt for moving forward through his journey as a widower – finding new happiness and love. Judgments that myself, you and others have likely faced ourselves. His new love does not replace his first wife, h ..read more
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When Someone You Love Dies, There is No Such Thing As Moving On | Kelley Lynn | Ted Talk
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by Tanya Smith
4y ago
When someone you love dies, there is no such thing as moving on. Kelley Lynn does an amazing job sharing the truths and the ridiculous viewpoints that come from people’s mouths who have never been widowed. This almost exact message, I have shared with the A Widows World and Hope for Widows Foundation communities. Widows and Widowers when faced with this number one stressful and life altering loss, do not need the additional secondary losses and judgments that come after. If you are widowed and have not experienced the secondary losses, you are one of the few. Thank you Kelley Lynn, for sh ..read more
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National Widow’s Day aka National Keeper’s of the Flame Day
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by Tanya Smith
4y ago
Tomorrow is National Widow’s Day! This is insignificant to many, but so significant to millions upon millions who have been, are and continue to be affected. This is significant to each of you here. You likely know, but for those I have some insights: Did you know that every year, there are about 800,000 widowed? Did you know that in the United States alone there are 14 million Widows and growing, 250 million some worldwide. Did you know the average age of a widow is 59. Shocking isn’t it? Not shocking to many of you! I was 26 and many I know also so very young, though no matter the age an ..read more
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Getting comfortable with the uncomfortable and beginning again after loss to find the beauty in the broken spaces of your life | with Tanya Smith of A Widow’s World (TLBP #64)
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by Tanya Smith
4y ago
My podcast episode is LIVE on iTunes, Android!! Getting comfortable with the uncomfortable and beginning again after loss to find the beauty in the broken spaces of your life | with Tanya Smith of A Widow’s World (TLBP #64) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-comfortable-uncomfortable-beginning-again-after/id1088514723?i=1000384504618&mt=2 Friends on today’s episode of The LifeBeats Project I was humbled to be featured as a guest. Please read the podcast show notes provided below from Briana Johnson, Creator of the LifeBeats Project. I am grateful to be able to introduce you to Ta ..read more
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We are the “Keepers of the Flame” – Stages of Widowhood
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by Tanya Smith
4y ago
I am a Widow, they say. I like to call us “Keepers of the Flame”, instead. Our light flickers, almost feels like its going to blow out, but it keeps burning. It starts burning stronger and stronger as we navigate through the unknown. We become the keepers of not only our flame, but our loved one, in heavens flame. We keep their flame going through sharing who they are, what they have taught us and their flame keeps us knowing they would want us to keep going. We are the keepers of the flame for the woman and men who came before us and the woman and men who come after us. Our flames together ..read more
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