Tag Archives: loss

Learning Growth in Facing Challenges

Posted on March 1, 2023 by rebecca s revels

March first. Once upon a time, I was always happy to see this month roll around. It meant that soon daily saving time would begin and better yet, Spring was almost officially here. Now, this month arrives with a mixed … Continue reading →

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I Didn’t Know Then, But I Do Know Now In the Very Least, I am Learning

Posted on December 29, 2022 by rebecca s revels

December 29th, 2016 He was still home when I got in from work, but he told me he had to go. I helped him gather up the things he was taking with him, things that he had needed here while … Continue reading →

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Memories and Growth

Posted on August 22, 2022 by rebecca s revels

Memories can be an amazing gauge. How far have you come?  Have you healed? Have you grown? Have you distanced yourself from the pain you felt back then, whether it was physical, mental or emotional? That is one of the … Continue reading →

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Journey of Learning

Posted on July 2, 2022 by rebecca s revels

One thing (among many) that is true, is that being widowed is not easy. Especially when time passes, and you are still alone.  It doesn’t matter the gender, loss is loss and with it, comes the pain. Everyone faces this … Continue reading →

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April Fourth; The Sound of Joy

Posted on April 4, 2022 by rebecca s revels

That sound was music to our ears…sort of. On March twenty-eighth one of the cats had kittens in our back yard right up against the wall of the house. Four tiny but cute lives right out in the open. The … Continue reading →

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March Seventeenth; Remembering And Realizing In the Time Since His Passing

Posted on March 17, 2022 by rebecca s revels

Five years ago, everything earthly was finished. My husband died on March seventh, he was laid to rest on the seventeenth. It took that long to get his body home from Indiana. I was told that it would have taken … Continue reading →

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In Loving Memory Across Time

Posted on March 7, 2022 by rebecca s revels

Thinking and remembering on this anniversary of your home going. March seventh, 2018: At this time last year, I was sitting on my front porch with my sister-in-law. We were waiting for the police to show up and confirm what … Continue reading →

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March Seventh; When One Realizes Life’s Journey Isn’t a New Normal

Posted on March 7, 2022 by rebecca s revels

What is normal? How and where do we find it hiding? Or is it actually what ever we are dealing with at the moment, even should it be uncomfortable and unwanted? How do we come to accept that change is … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow

Posted on March 6, 2022 by rebecca s revels

With each passing day, each passing moment, my mind moves more toward tomorrow. Tomorrow will be the five year anniversary of your leaving this life for your Heavenly one. Even as I have come to some semblance of peace, there … Continue reading →

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March Sixth; In Memory and Honor

Posted on March 6, 2022 by rebecca s revels

One reason why I participate in Relay for Life. I have two brothers, one who lives on the other side of town and one who now resides in Heaven. He was twenty-three months younger than me, but so much more … Continue reading →

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