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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Jul
Mourning was a social obligation when black wardrobes came out, shutters were drawn and anything that even vaguely resembled joy was banished to the attack. And the black had to be matte, lifeless and without any decoration.
It...
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Oct 24
A Widowspeak is a V-shaped hairline on the forehead portion of your head. Folklore would have you believe that this widowspeak could forecast an early widowhood. This belief may have originated in 18th-century England. Widows were...
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Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
11 Aug 24
I just discovered that our next door neighbor(at the lot)became widowed in April, 2023. I graduated with her older sister, Sallie. It never entered my head what was going on. She is grieving over the loss of her...
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 May 19
Day 5
1 Timothy 5
1 Timothy 5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
3 Honor widows that are widows indeed....
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
7 Apr 16
We found ourselves in a different town yesterday while running errands. We went to Village Inn for lunch. Since it was Wednesday, we each got a free slice of pie. That was the first really nice thing.
Secondly, they brought us a...
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Barbara Radisavlejvic
@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
31 Dec 12
I mentioned in another discussion that a woman in our congregation was just widowed after 52 years of a happy marriage. Her husband was an extravert and she is an introvert. I also mentioned I'd like to get to know her better. My...
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Deborah L. Alten
@gtargirl (5376)
• United States
11 Dec 11
Some of us find ourselves alone at Christmas for one reason or another. I attended a Christmas luncheon at church yesterday and realized there were moms there who had lost children this year, others were widowed. One such widow...
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whiteheron
@whiteheron (4222)
• United States
23 Feb 10
A woman in her 70s just got back from vacation in India for two weeks and said that she went on a tour with four other people there and loved it.
Another woman that I know is planning a trip to Ireland at the age of 69 with her...
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Rocketj1
@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
1 Dec 08
There is a wonderful widow named Pat who goes to my church that just recently retired. She could be selfishly spending all her time treating herself to all the wonderful retirement dreams that she has had. No one would expect her...
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Modestah
@Modestah (11177)
• United States
25 Jun 07
lurking in the shadows. *shiver
My son just went out to lift some weights - as he does most every night. He likes to do it outside where it is cooler. Glad he saw what was on his weights before he put his hand to it! he knocked...
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