How to Set Healthy Boundaries
Great. So, boundaries are important and have essential benefits (see last week’s blog). Remember that boundaries are a part of healthy living. They are also part of self-care. How can…
Benefits of Boundaries
Setting boundaries is difficult for many people even when times are good. As our regular readers may know, Jeni had great difficulty with this topic for many years and it…
Books and Resources for Grief Support
Torn in Half’s mission is to be a resource to widows and widowers. In addition to our blog and resources page, we have written a few books to assist in…
When someone asks, and they don’t know
When we lose a loved one, our whole world can be transformed in an instant. We know that they have gone, and those in our inner circles most likely have…
Special Events Without Your Spouse
In our last blog, we wrote about Moving Through Lifestages Without Them and spoke about the family events that you go through as life moves ahead. In this blog, we’re…
Moving through life stages without them
When we marry, we imagine all sorts of future events—traveling, careers, having children, family events, graduations, weddings, having grandchildren, and various gatherings. In these visions, we always see us with…
Who gets what and what to keep
When our loved one leaves this earth unexpectedly, they often do not leave us with their expectations of what happens with their stuff. And, all of a sudden, they are…
Their Things
Once the initial shock is over and we begin the grief journey, we begin to look around at all the stuff around us. There is so much of their things…
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays & Happy New Year
As we wind down this year, we’d like to express our gratitude to all of our readers and supporters. We hope our words and stories have blessed your journey and…
Grief Struggles – The Holidays
Holidays can be a difficult season to face for those of us who have lost a loved one. It can be a struggle to deal with all the festivities and…