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Yearly Archives: 2016

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Those Darn Firsts:First Birthday, First Anniversary, First Holiday Without Your Loved One

  • Post author:Teresa Bitner
  • Post published:December 8, 2016
  • Post category:Grief Anniversaries/Uncategorized

As a person in the grief and loss field, I know intellectually the first year is the most challenging.  Plan ahead for those firsts you know are likely to trigger…

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3 Tips to Survive a Holiday Event

  • Post author:Teresa Bitner
  • Post published:December 8, 2016
  • Post category:Holidays/Tips/Uncategorized

The holidays during grief are hard to say the very least.  Happy this and Merry that, when you are not feeling so happy or merry.  You get that email invite…

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Widow Wave

  • Post author:Teresa Bitner
  • Post published:November 5, 2016
  • Post category:General

Updated 2/18/21 The sense of overwhelming emotion and loss and love and rage and …… it washes over us when we least expect it.  Standing at a window display of…

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Grief Anniversaries… 1 year & 7 years …

  • Post author:Teresa Bitner
  • Post published:October 26, 2016
  • Post category:Uncategorized

October is my grief month.  This is the week of grief anniversaries for me.  I’m taking a break from the steps to surviving change and loss blogs to write about…

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Those Darn Firsts:First Birthday, First Anniversary, First Holiday Without Your Loved One

  • Post author:Teresa Bitner
  • Post published:September 13, 2016
  • Post category:Grief Anniversaries

As a person in the grief and loss field, I know intellectually the first year is the most challenging.  Plan ahead for those firsts you know are likely to trigger…

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This is YOUR Journey

  • Post author:Teresa Bitner
  • Post published:June 5, 2016
  • Post category:Uncategorized

No matter what anyone tells you, this is a journey and it is your journey.  When you need help, do not be afraid to ask for it.  There is strength…

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My Induction into Widowhood–In Teresa’s Words

  • Post author:Teresa Bitner
  • Post published:June 5, 2016
  • Post category:Uncategorized

October 27, 2009.  The day that is changed our lives forever.  I was having a normal life as 6th grade science teacher, mom of 2 teenaged boys, wife of an…

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Becoming a Widow…In Jeni’s Words

  • Post author:Teresa Bitner
  • Post published:June 2, 2016
  • Post category:Uncategorized

November 28, 2007...this is a day that forever changed our family.  The night before, Bob and the kids had talked about a ball game.  He had taken vacation that week…

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