
Since I became a widow in 2011, I wondered why there is no help out there for people like me. I have three grown children and own my home but when my husband passed, the struggle became real. I sought out temporary assistance but there was none. Has anyone else experience this? Not meeting the criteria of losing a spouse who served in the armed services, police, or firefighter. Nor meeting the criteria of having children with disabilities. Where do people like us go from here?
Getting from point A to point B has not been an easy time but having the support of family and friends help me arrive safe. Talking about these struggles was healing for me.
Here are some links which could possibly answer some of these questions.
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gloria-horsley/ten-places-grieving-widow_b_8039916.html
- https://whatsyourgrief.com/expanding-our-understanding-of-coping-with-life-after-loss/
- http://widowedvillage.org/profiles/blog/list