PURPOSE AND MEANING FOR WIDOWS
The powerfully healing words ‘connect’ and ‘connection’ have been on my mind (and heart) since arriving in Sedona, AZ for our 2nd Annual MWC Chapter Leader Conference and Retreat.
I’m blown away by the power of connection and the strength it gives us in our healing journey.
Early in my widowhood, I longed for moments like this. To sit with someone who really understood me, who really listened and knew the challenges. To hear that someday, somehow, I would come through this grief to surprisingly discover that I had grown in ways unfathomable on the other side…..down the road.
Metaphorically, we have met in the very ‘bend in the road’. Walking this journey, uncertain of what will come next, it’s comforting to know that there are others here along with you. So, this year I decided to gift our ladies with a symbolic matte gold necklace that represented that ‘bend in the road’.
As we hiked crooked trails, climbed jagged rock formations, and held hands standing uni…
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