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The death of a partner can take a serious toll on the surviving spouse's well-being. Experts suggest ways people can protect their health. The 'widowhood effect': How losing a spouse can affect ...
With all of these aspects of a widowed individual being affected maintaining a sense of normality is important to help avoid depression-like symptoms. Social support, as well as creating new lasting relationships through social interaction can help the process of bereavement go smoother for individuals who experience the widow effect.
Here’s what I’ve learned to do, the only thing that really staves off the chill of death: I call someone else who’s dealing with loss, and ask them how they are.
The very short final line of a paragraph composed of a single word (highlighted blue) is a runt. The first line of a paragraph beginning at the end of a page (highlighted green) is called an orphan (sometimes called a widow). The last line of a paragraph continuing on to a new page (highlighted yellow) is a widow (sometimes called an orphan).
Losing my 29-year-old husband last year and becoming a young widow was not part of the plans I had for my life.
In Nigeria, there is a cultural belief that a recent widow is impure. During the mourning period, which lasts from 3 months to a year, several traditions are enforced for the purpose of purification, including confinement, complete shaving of the widow and her children, and a ban on any hygiene practices- including hand-washing, wearing clean ...
"It dawned on me the other day: I'm a widow, I'm an orphan, because my mother also passed, and I'm an empty nester all at the same time," she said. "If you're not careful, what you've lost in life ...
Lynn Caine (1924–1987) was an American author and publishing agent at Little, Brown and Company from 1967 to 1976. [1] She is best known for her best-selling book "Widow", published on May 29, 1974, [2] about her experiences after the death from cancer of her husband Martin Caine in 1971.