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<title>Linda Della Donna - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Freelance writer and Founder/Director of Griefcase, an organization dedicated to help individuals going through the grief process. You have permission to email Linda Della Donna at griefcasenet@gmail.com to request a copy of her free ebook, "Treasury of Quotations".]]></description>
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<title>For The Newly Widowed - If You Are Living Alone and On Your Own Here's 3 Tips To Guide You</title>
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<description><![CDATA[You didn't plan it. You never imagined it could, or would happen to you in your lifetime. But, here you are, dear widow, blank as a slate, sitting at a kitchen table, studying the knob on the bread drawer. Your husband is dead, and in addition to feeling like a Pitiful Pearl Doll, all sad and blue, you find yourself needing to get out the house.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only, Suicide Is Not An Option - Stop That!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:52:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[But, thinking you want to jump off a bridge, crash land into a moving train, or eat a bottle of pills, well, stop that! Because, that is not okay. Suicide is not an option, dear widow, and if the thought persists, than I'm here to tell you, if nobody else will, that there is something you can and must do about it.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - What Grief Is, What Grief Isn't</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:11:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Grief is unbearable pain. It lingers long after standing over a hole in the earth with your dead husband in it. It results in friends not calling anymore, because they don't know what to say; you not feeling up to going out, because when you do get out the house, you just want to run back home, jump into bed, and pull the covers over your head; you not being able to control your tears, because every thought cramming your brain are thoughts of Him.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - 3 Tips on How to Get Through Those Post-Holiday Blues</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:55:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The holidays are come and gone. And you, newly widowed, made it through without Him by your side. Congratulations!]]></description>
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<title>JJ Murphy - The Writer's Life With JJ Murphy</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:20:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Meet JJ Murphy, freelance writer, professional photographer, "tree-hugger," and author of her own website, Writer By Nature. Murphy is that rare individual who successfully manages to blend professional skills with personal interests.]]></description>
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<title>Traveling to Key West? - 3 Tips to Guide You When Traveling to Key West</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:39:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leave your high heels and open-toed flip-flops home. Nothing worse than smashing your piggie into a wedge of concrete when feeding a parking meter to ruin a night out on the town. Ouch!]]></description>
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<title>How to Get Through the Grief Process - For Widows Only - 3 Tips to Help You Process Your Grief</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:10:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Be prepared for anything, for everything, for nothing. You will have good days - These are the days you are able to work through your grief and can hold your head high. You will have bad days - These are the days you can't stop crying...]]></description>
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<title>Getting Through the Grief Process - For Widows Only - 5 Tips to Get You Through the Grief Process</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:20:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's not easy losing a husband. On the long list of ugly, losing a spouse rockets to the top--One day we are a couple, next day, a lonely-only. And getting through the grief process sucks.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - 5 Dont's to Remember For Living Life After Burying Him</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:05:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Don't think you must forget about Him and all your golden memories in order to survive. As that Sopranos character of Cable TV fame says, "Fuggeddaboudit." It is time for a new thought, dear widow - Think, I will love Him forever. Because when someone dies, the love we have for that person doesn't.]]></description>
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<title>For Dating Widows Only - So You Met Someone And Now You Feel Guilty, Too - 1 Tip To Guide You</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:36:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you, dear widow, finally do muster the courage to step one bunny-slippered foot out your door and move forward with the best of your life, you feel guilty, you feel embarrassed, you feel ashamed, and, oh horrors! You worry, what will people think? What will people say?]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - After You Bury Your Husband 1 Tip How To Bury Your Past</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:10:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You just can't take moaning moping and moving around like a big Moby Dick any more. Seems everybody's got a life except you. ]]></description>
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<title>For The Newly Widowed-What To Do When You're Sad And Blue? The Answer May Surprise You</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:57:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Scared? Frightened? You betcha! Let's face it, on the long list of Ugly, burying a husband rockets to the top. But never fear I've got 1 tip to guide you through the grief process.]]></description>
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<title>Not for Widows Only - Mourning Joy - Day in the Life of a Widow</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:27:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Fast forward to August 22, 2006. Not a cloud in the sky. I'm headed to New York - Just boarded an express to Grand Central - To a Charles Cortes, Inc. job site. 35 minutes later, I'm on 42nd Street hailing a taxi. At 71st, I tip the cabbie two bucks, check my belongings, step out into the sunshine, and dial my cell.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - A Cup Of Red Soup To Laugh You Through The Grief Process</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:51:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Whatcha writing all dis down fer, Officer? Like I said, I seen da red girl pass by. Dat's it. A couple a times, maybe. I don't remember da time. I don't remember da day. Been busy. Got soup to make.]]></description>
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<title>Kristie Leigh Maguire - The Secret of her Success</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:11:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Think very carefully before you take the plunge to start a publishing house. It is a lot of hard work and there are days when I wonder if I can continue with it.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - What I Learned About Internet Dating After The Death Of My Husband</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:01:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You are a free woman now, and as such, you are entitled to get out of the house, and have some fun. If you feel like you are cheating, stop that! ]]></description>
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<title>For Famous Writers Only - 1 Tip</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:56:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Remember what it was like when you first started out writing for children. Remember back to that stick-in-your-throat, gum-in-your-hair, squeeking-chalk-on-green board moment when you sat along side that successful children's writer and worried, What am I doing here? *Aw, c'mon. Admit it.*]]></description>
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<title>&quot;Beyond Dancing&quot; - An Interview With Author Anita Bloom Ornoff</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:45:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bloom Ornoff, was paralyzed at age 21, and confined to a wheelchair. She is an inspiration to anyone experiencing a bad day, a bad week, a bad anything.  ]]></description>
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<title>Not For Widows Only - Meet Jewel Sample - Author of Flying Hugs and Kisses</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:30:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The idea of writing a story about grief and loss and the issues surrounding Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) came out of a need of my grandchildren. When our infant grandson, Brennen succumbed to SIDS it was difficult for my grandchildren to understand his death because SIDS is a medical mystery.]]></description>
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<title>Right to Recover - Book Review</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:48:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I can only pretend disappointment had my child needed H. R. 810 and not been able to have it because of a veto, or a politician dictating what should or shouldn't be.]]></description>
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<title>Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Come Out Of The Grief Closet, Your Friend Commits Suicide</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:43:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Take time for you. What is your favorite thing to do? What are you waiting for? Do it. This writer went dancing. ]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - 1 Secret Tip - For Being The Best You Can Be</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:23:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did you brush your teeth, comb your hair, wash your face today?   ]]></description>
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<title>For The Newly Widowed - 8 Things To Remember Not To Forget</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:14:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[8. Don't forget to remember Him. He was your lover, your mentor, your knight in shining armor. It is okay to keep Him in your thoughts.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - A Day In The Life Of A Widow - What It's Like When You Got Important Things To Do</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:42:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THINGS. You know, The Hip Itty Nitty Good Stuff that must get done before you get to sit and read, sit and sip black coffee, sit and type, sit and write. Sit!  ]]></description>
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<title>For the Newly-Widowed - 7 Essential Tips to Help You Through the Grief Process</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 16:13:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Take a nap. For crying out loud, worrying and burying a man is a lot of stress. It will tax your energy even on a good day. So be sure to schedule a time. Then lay down, lady, take a load off your feet, get some rest.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - 2 Tips to Help You Write Through the Grief Process</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Maintaining what I lovingly refer to as a joy-nal will free your wild mind, calm your rattled spirit, relieve your body of stress. Placing your thoughts on paper will unleash the writer within you.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - For Crying Out Loud - 3 How-To Ways to Cope After the Death of Your Husband</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/670041</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:55:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Stuff one, two, or three of those weepy cloths inside your bra. You, newly widowed, will be ready to blot your eyes at the drop of, er, a hanky. You will be dry-eyed, and look sexy, too.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - Remember - Don't Forget - 2 Simple Tips To Guide You Through Your Grief Process</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/643818</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:42:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Yes, I felt silly when my instructor twirled me and my pinky poked him in the eye, but I got two happy left feet now. Think happy penguin dancing and typing.
]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - 3 Tips To Think About After You Bury Your Man</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:33:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Everything you do turns to mush. Every day you make one mistake after another, and you think you are hopeless. You are ready to give up! ]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - What To Do When You Can't Stop Crying And Your Mascara Is Running Down Your Face</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 16:13:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I was a mini Montserrat, erupting tears when I least expected it. In addition, I looked like a walking Halloween mask.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - 1 Question - When Is It a Good Time To Get On With The Rest of Your Life?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 11:54:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[But soon...but after awhile...but one day you, dear widow, will see your world in a different light. That is when you begin to fully realize He's not coming back. Ever.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - The Way We Were - One Thing I Want You To Know</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/507938</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:22:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Her dress was white satin, trimmed in white lace, and she wore a white veil that covered her face. Her hair had curls and her curls had pearls. She stood 2' tall, and she carried a bouquet of white roses with a trail of white ivy tied neatly in a white satin bow.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - How To Survive The Grief Process - 1 Tip</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:34:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are things every new widow needs to know. And just as a businessman carries a briefcase filled with important papers and files, you, the new widow needs a special case - what I call a grief case - a safe place to store your important information - the stuff that will guide you as you process your grief.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - My Secret to Guide You As You Process Your Grief</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:23:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Imagine Jackie Kennedy, Mary Baker Eddy, Dolly Madison, Eleanor Roosevelt, Joan Didion, and any other famous widow whose name comes to mind, sitting around your kitchen table, sharing their stories. With you! Imagine what memories they'd conjure up?]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only - What We Try/What We Don't Try</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/458394</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:49:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We don't try to make mistakes. But we do. Just like death, mistakes can, and do happen.

We don't try to forget to write a check, forget to walk the dog, forget to feed his cat or clean the cat box. But we do.]]></description>
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<title>For Newly Widowed - 3 Tips To Guide You Through The Grief Process</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/456030</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:02:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You're home now. From the cemetery.

And you wonder will I ever be happy. Again?
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<title>For Widows Only-You Know You're A Widow When</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:59:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At the end of a good day you bust out crying for no particular reason.

At the end of a bad day you burst out laughing for no particular reason.

At the end of everyday, you crawl into bed and sleep on His side.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only--6 Ways To Have A Happier New Year</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:08:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Well, I feel your pain. Really, I do, because I am a widow, too. But, I'm here to tell you, everything will be alright. No, it won't be like it was before He left. But yes, you can and you will get through 2007--With a smile.]]></description>
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<title>Not For Widows Only - What Every Married Woman Needs To Know</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:15:14 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to this document, you can't afford not to hire a lawyer. You will need advice about what necessary steps to take to prevent future heartache and possible financial ruin in the event of your husband's death.

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<title>Not For Widows Only - What To Say/What Not To Say To The Nearly Newly Widowed</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:47:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So the news is out. Your best friend's sister's cousin's daughter's next door neighbor's dog walker's husband's got cancer. And the news is bad. It's Stage 4, and it's metastasized. He doesn't have long to live. You just saw the man two days ago, and he didn't look sick. You want to know how can this be. So you go out of your way to contact this woman. Why not? You need information. And you need it fast.
]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only -- 2 Tips To Help You Cope</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/424001</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:39:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are reading this then something terrible has happened. First let me offer my condolences. As Joan Didion says, "Life changes fast."]]></description>
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<title>For The Newly Widowed - 4 Tips To Guide You Through The Grief Process</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:56:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The telephone rings endlessly. Seems soon as you hang up from talking to one caller, it rings again. And each time you answer it, you must relive the maddening dirge of who, what, why, when, where, and how it all happened all over again. You secretly wish to shuttle to the moon and leave no forwarding address.]]></description>
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<title>Not For Widows Only -- 6 Things You Need To Know After His Death</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:24:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be nice if death came with a little book of instructions -- for the bereaved? Then people like you would know what to say/what not to say to the newly widowed the first time you meet after His death.

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<title>For Widows Only - 5 Mistakes To Avoid This Holiday Season</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:07:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's the holiday season, whoop dee doo, and you the newly widowed find yourself engulfed in mistletoe and smiling faces. Everyone's singing a happy tune - Everyone but you...]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only -- Three Secret Things To Guide You</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:53:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You're home now -- From the cemetery -- Just closed the door on an endless line of well-wishing-filled-with-advice strangers who didn't know what to say but talked endlessly... ]]></description>
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<title>For the New Widow -- What We Worry About</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:53:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We are alone. And we worry about that.
We worry we will die alone.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only --What We Want/What We Don't Want</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:44:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We want our husbands back.

We don't want your husband, your son, your father, your grandfather, or your cousin's next door neighbor's husband, her son, her father, or her grandfather.

If we ask...]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only -- Who We Are</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:03:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We are women left.

We experienced the best of times; The worst of times. And survived.

We discovered the meaning of life -- Nothing like the loss of a spouse to wake us up to that.

We gained some; We lost some -- Friends and pounds.

We had friends run out on us. We understood they just couldn't take it. At least, we tried to.

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<description><![CDATA[With the Holiday season fast approaching, and everyone you know, and wish you didn't, is making merry...

While you, the newly widowed, are thinking, Bah, Humbug...

Is it any wonder you want to scream, "Stuff a sock in it!" to that man on the corner dressed in a red suit, with a white beard, ringing a bell?

I want you to know, you're not alone.]]></description>
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<title>For Widows Only -- What I've Learned</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:04:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After my husband died, I trashed my writing. 

I blamed my husband's dying on my writing.]]></description>
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<title>For The New Widow - Three Things To Remember - When The Moon In The Sky Hits Like An Axe In The Eye</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:47:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's the end of the day, the end of the week, the end of the month. 

The cat's in the cradle and the dog's in the yard. 

Or, is it the other way around? 

You peel one last sticky stamp off a roll, place it on one last envelope, breathe one soft sigh of relief and like a kid with a cupcake, you congratulate yourself for getting through - One more day, one more week, one more month, maybe one more year - Without Him. 

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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:53:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The funeral is over.

You've written ten thousand checks, signed your name ten thousand times to ten thousand thank you notes, and ten thousand times you wished you were dead.
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<title>For the New Widow - For Crying Out Loud - Four Tips on Handling Your Grief</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:19:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The funeral is over.  Two weeks have passed. Or is it three? You sit at the kitchen table staring blankly into the face of a missing child on the back of an empty milk carton and sip black coffee. You need to get out of the house. Someplace, anyplace that will take your mind off Him and the memories that loop your brain.]]></description>
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<title>For the New Widow  - Deal Yourself a Deck of Joy - 52 Ways to Manage Your Grief</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:52:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your husband is dead. It is your first thought in the morning as you get out of bed and your last thought at the end of your day. You sleep alone. You sit at the breakfast table sipping coffee alone, and stare at an empty chair. Change is difficult and you wonder can you ever accept the hand life has dealt you. ]]></description>
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<title>For the New Widow: Ten Tips To Help Her Survive...After the Funeral</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:37:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You're home now. A short while ago you stood over a hole in the earth. You blew a kiss, tossed a rose, sprinkled a shovelful of dirt over a casket, and said goodbye to your husband, your soul mate, the best friend you ever had. Here are ten tips to help you survive:]]></description>
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<title>Ten Things Every New Widow Should Know- to Survive</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 17:57:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you suddenly find yourself without your life partner, your world feels like it's been turned upside down.  No.  You're not crazy.  You're a widow.   Expect the unexpected.]]></description>
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