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Seven Great Years of Friendship

2021 marks the seventh year since the founding of Widowed Friends. That’s pretty special.  We’re different now though than we were when we started.  We’ve transformed over

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Widowed Words

Transformations & New Beginnings

From its beginning 7 years ago, starting with a small gathering of “widows and widowers”, the Widowed Friends community has continued to  grow and change with

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Resilience

History Comes to Life With Lianne Harris

Over the past few months, we’ve enjoyed several afternoons with Lianne Harris, storyteller extraordinaire, as she shares her extensive historical research and knowledge in entertaining and educational

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Resilience

What We’ve Learned

After 10 months of Covid, and many changes in the way we live, get together and support each other, as Widowed Friends, we’ve learned a few

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Get Some Sleep!

On a recent members Zoom call, several people mentioned that they were having trouble sleeping or staying asleep at night.  Some thought it might be due

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Mindset

It’s been 6 months and we are still in the world of Covid and it looks like we’ll be here for some time to come. With

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Snakes & Ladders

Snakes and ladders, the old traditional board game, is a great metaphor for life after loss. As Penny R suggested on a recent Zoom call,  in

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What Our Members Say…

"I think it’s fair to say that Widowed Friends saved my life. My husband died of a particularly aggressive cancer last winter. The shock and tragedy of it shook all the joy out of me. I was so very lonely… Widowed Friends threw me a lifeline when I was drowning."
"Joining Widowed Friends Zoom meetings is like walking into your living room and finding all your friends there! It's been wonderful to have so many Zoom meetings each week to connect with others and feel a part of a larger community. "
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that works so hard in the group for providing this network for people like myself and others."
"I felt alone and isolated due to Covid until I joined Widowed Friends. I quickly made friends and found others with something in common. They get it. I value the time, effort and support from the group. It’s a life saver."
"I can’t come close to expressing my gratitude and love for our Widowed Friends group."
"Widowed Friends has helped ease my new journey into widowed life since we are all of like minds. It has helped make my life more meaningful."
"Being widowed, lonely, then moving to Oakville and only knowing my son and his family, Widowed Friends has been a godsend to me. With this group I met lovely new friends and this group opened up for me a wonderful new life with lots of social activities."
"Since joining Widowed Friends, my loneliness and sadness, as a result of my wife’s death, have decreased. This personal change, is due to the warm interactions, offered to me, from the many widows and widowers I meet, at the socials. Thanks to everyone for your sincere caring."
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