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...
by Lesley Morris | Jul 26, 2020 | WidowedFriends.ca, Widowers, Widows
We’ve posted this video before, but, during this time with so much chaos and turmoil in the world, maybe it’s worth a second look. Recorded pre-covid, DeWitt Jones’s message still holds true – whenever we feel low we just need to look more...
by Lesley Morris | Jul 19, 2020 | Resilience, WidowedFriends.ca, Widowers, Widows
It’s looking like this pandemic thing is not going away any time soon and will probably be with us for a long time to come. We hope that isn’t true and that a vaccine or other miracle solution will appear soon, but if an extended social distancing period...
by Lesley Morris | Jul 12, 2020 | WidowedFriends.ca, Widowers, Widows
It’s easy to see all the problems, issues and wrongs that should be corrected in the world, where we live and in ourselves. But, sometimes, we also need to step back and see how many things are right too. Despite all the problems there is much beauty...
