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Tips for Coping After Losing Your Spouse

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Losing a loved one can be very traumatic, especially when the person who has passed away was your spouse. Grief is something that you cannot rush or outsource, and it will take as long as it needs to. Here are some tips for coping after losing your spouse. Five Stages of Grief People who have lost a spouse are going to be feeling a flood of emotions. You might find some comfort in knowing that what you are experiencing is something that all humans go through. Let yourself feel whatever emotion it is you are feeling, and realize that this … Continue reading →

Supporting Your Spouse through Grief

We all experience grief at some point in our lives—it’s part of being alive and human, having emotions, and loving. At times, the husband and wife will both go through the same grief—losing a child or the lesser pain of losing a badly needed job or a loved home. Other times, one spouse will go through a personal grief not quite as deeply felt by the other. In both circumstances, they need each other. If you are the spouse who is grieving, share what you need with your partner. Don’t expect him to just know what you’re going through. He … Continue reading →

Could You Let Your Spouse Die?

Could you let your spouse die? I have a friend who had to watch his wife die of a terminal illness and I know how hard he found it and wished he could do anything to prevent it. But to knowingly and willfully let his spouse die as this man has been convicted of doing when he could have done something to prevent it, what sort of man would do this? This man pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced after letting his wife die on their honeymoon when, according to reports. Again you wonder, what sort of marriage was … Continue reading →

Tips for Dealing with Stress in Marriage

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We’d all like life to be great all the time but the reality is, at times, life is stressful. It’s how we deal with stress that matters. Yesterday, we looked at the effects excess alcohol can cause in a marriage. But the reason a spouse usually drinks to excess, could be because they are trying to find a way to deal with stress. Stress is something that affects all marriages at time, whether it is financial stress, illness, job related, death of a loved one, or family issues – the list is endless. Alcohol never solves problems but actually can … Continue reading →

11 Tips for Helping a Grieving Spouse

If someone your spouse loves, like a parent or close friend, dies, how can you help them? Here are some tips. 1. Remember how you felt if you were in a similar position but don’t expect necessarily that your spouse will react the same way you did in grief. 2. Show your love for your grieving spouse, even if you don’t know what to say or you’re frightened of getting upset or upsetting them more. Just be there for them. It doesn’t matter if you get upset. It might even help. 3. Let your spouse talk about their loved one. … Continue reading →

Dealing With Death

The way death affects marriage partners varies. The death of a child can have serious consequences on a marriage. This could be because men and women tend to try to handle such a situation in various ways, and sometimes they don’t know enough about how the other is feeling and why they react as they do. The death of a parent can also affect a men and woman in different ways and is something most of us will experience at some point. Mick and I have gone through this twice since we have been married, first with the death of … Continue reading →

Dealing with Your Spouse’s Choices

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Yes, I am back to the book. As my readers know I have begun slowly but surely digging my way through The Power of a Praying Wife. While reading this book I am taking on two personalities. First, I am viewing from a wife’s stand point. Secondly, I am a researcher. Therefore, I am thoroughly pulling it apart! The section that I want to discuss today is the section that deals with your husband’s choices. I think that there are many things that you should know about your husband before you get married. However in some cases, things change. As … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review for October 15-21

Karri and I tackled some heavy issues this week in the Marriage Blog. In case you missed any of it, here’s your Week in Review to catch you up with what we wrote on: Monday, October 15 For National Domestic Violence Awareness Month I researched what domestic violence is, who it affects, and how to deal with it. What I came up with was seven facts to be aware of. Karri examined the effect having a baby has on a marriage, including the stresses and the roller coaster of emotions couples may go through. Tuesday, October 16 A bad experience … Continue reading →

Dealing with the Death of a Spouse

When two people are married, they create a very close bond with one another. They are comfortable with each other. They learn about one another. They become the best of friends. They become accustomed to companionship that they share. Let me stop there and rephrase my beginning sentence to “when two people are happily married”. Now I am ready to continue. Losing this special bond can be a very hard and devastating experience. I cannot imagine losing my husband to death. I have often heard it spoken of two people that have been married for years that one grieved him/herself … Continue reading →

Dealing with Death

My children had to deal with a new, difficult experience this week. We had all gone out together on a family trip, and when we returned home, my son made a discovery that was going to be very disturbing to our children. He came out from his room, and told my wife and I that one of his turtles looked funny. My wife and I exchanged concerned glances. He has been the proud owner of two red eared slider turtles, but ever since we had bought them, one turtle had never eaten very much, nor had it grown at all. … Continue reading →