by Lesley Morris | Mar 4, 2021 | Resilience, WidowedFriends.ca, Widowers, Widows
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 zoom presentations. We’ve walked through history learning about...
by Lesley Morris | Feb 23, 2021 | Grief Support, Resilience, WidowedFriends.ca, Widowers, Widows
Melodie has been a member of Widowed Friends for a couple of years and for about half that time was a regular attendee at our weekly group events, until Covid put our get togethers on temporary hold. As an established writer, with 17 novels published and more in...
by Lesley Morris | Jan 23, 2021 | Grief Support, Resilience, WidowedFriends.ca, Widowers, Widows
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 lessons. First, Covid has been challenging for everyone, but especially for those recently bereaved. Not only do they have to...
by Lesley Morris | Sep 6, 2020 | WidowedFriends.ca, Widowers, Widows
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 to Covid anxieties, others had their own theories and solutions. No matter what the reason, if getting some...
by Lesley Morris | Aug 16, 2020 | Resilience, WidowedFriends.ca, Widowers, Widows
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 fall and eventually winter around the corner, how shall we prepare ourselves for the colder months to come? Many find the prospect of...
by Lesley Morris | Aug 9, 2020 | Resilience, WidowedFriends.ca, Widowers, Widows
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 Snakes and Ladders, sometimes you climb the ladder and feel progress, other times you just keep sliding back down into...
