Widow To Widow Thoughtful, Practical Ideas For Rebuilding Your Life

by Ginsburg, Genevieve Davis

• ISBN13: 9780738209968
• ISBN10: 0738209961
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-18
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

In this remarkably useful guide, widow, author, and therapist Genevieve Davis Ginsburg offers fellow widows-as well as their family and friends-sage advice for coping with the loss of a husband. From learning to travel and eat alone to creating new routines to surviving the holidays and anniversaries that reopen emotional wounds,Widow to Widowwalks readers through the challenges of widowhood and encourages them on their path to building a new life.

Author Biography

The late Genevieve Davis Ginsburg, M.S., founded Widowed to Widowed Services, a support group in Tucson, Arizona. She received the Jefferson Award and the Arizona Governor's Award for her social service.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. viii
In the Company of Others	p. xi
A Ton of Bricks	p. 1
Widow	p. 3
Numb and in Shock	p. 7
The Dumb Things People Say	p. 11
How Long Does It Take?	p. 16
Making a Full Day of It	p. 21
Anger	p. 25
Guilt	p. 32
Decisions, Decisions	p. 37
Emptying Closets, Emptying Drawers	p. 41
Dinner for One	p. 46
It Seems So Real	p. 49
Do I Answer the Mail?	p. 54
Where Did I Put My Mind?	p. 57
Hello, Who's Home?	p. 60
In Your Own Words	p. 64
Firsts: A Journal Entry	p. 68
Rebuilding Your Life	p. 71
The Blues	p. 73
To Wear or Not to Wear Your Wedding Ring	p. 79
Yesterday A Wife, Today a Mechanic	p. 82
Family Relationships	p. 88
Widowhood and the Calendar	p. 97
Divorced, Widowed--Is It the Same?	p. 101
Speak Up, I Can't Hear You	p. 104
Dating	p. 113
Sex	p. 119
Money, Money, Money	p. 123
'Tis the Season to Be Jolly?	p. 133
Letter to Martin: A Journal Entry	p. 135
From Widowhood to Selfhood	p. 139
Uncoupling	p. 141
A Life of One's Own	p. 146
To Work, Volunteer or Play	p. 150
Rebuilding a Nest	p. 156
Traveling Alone	p. 162
It Wasn't Perfect All the Time	p. 168
On a Scale of One to Ten, What Am I Without a Man?	p. 173
Looking Back to Say Good-bye: A Journal Entry	p. 175
Besides Which	p. 179
Young Widows	p. 180
And Widowers, Too	p. 188
Notes to the Children	p. 196
Resources	p. 203
How to Start a Support Group	p. 204
Books, Pamphlets and Organizations	p. 210
The Widow's Survival Checklist	p. 217
Index	p. 223
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