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	<title>WidowSpeak Blog</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>$500,000 Gruber Prize Recognizes Widows in the Hood</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annmarie</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Left without the legal protection of husbands after the ugly bloodletting of 1994, fifty women stood together in Rwanda to form AVEGA Agahozo, the Association of Widows of the Genocide, and 17 years later they are still helping one another to get on with the business of living. Thank You Gruber for...<br/>
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		<title>A Postmodern Widoe - Inadequate Language   - Chapter One</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 03:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annmarie</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Inadequate Language

Zavier said good-bye to his daddy in his daddy’s hospital bed.
&#160;
Daddy said, “Say hello to Mickey Mouse for me.”

“Okay,” said Zav, and the pitter-patter of his feet could be heard slapping against the linoleum-floored hall as he ran, holding Uncle Matt’s hand, on his way...<br/>
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		<title>Closets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Grief and Grieving]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We put all kinds of things inside of closets. There are things you expect to find inside this storage space like sweaters, dresses, and shoes. Then there are the other things that you can&#8217;t find a place for somewhere else in the house like old yearbooks, memory boxes, or last year&#8217;s tax...<br/>
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		<title>My Protective Cloak</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Motherhood brings out the lioness in me. No task is too small or sacrifice too great to ensure the well being of my three children. In my mind&#8217;s eye I can see myself jumping in front of an on-coming train to save their lives; feeding them first from my last ration of bread; offering myself...<br/>
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		<title>Time is Not the Healer of Grief</title>
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		<comments>http://widow-speak.org/blog/2009/04/04/myths-of-grief-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sandysea</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://widow-speak.org/blog/2009/04/04/myths-of-grief-part-1/</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since grief is a difficult topic for most people, there is a tendency to descend into myths about the subject of grief. These myths have often been passed down from generation to generation. These myths or paradigms easily become the accepted truth of our lives that we accept without...<br/>
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		<title>My Husband’s Favorite Sweatshirt</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[For the first few weeks after Phil&#8217;s death anything that had touched his body was sacred. His shoes were sitting where he last left them, his lunchbox remained on top of the refrigerator, and his toothbrush was standing next to mine in the holder. One day I found an eyelash of his and pressed...<br/>
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		<title>The Big Red Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[My husband used to call Valentine&#8217;s Day &#8220;So What Day.&#8221; Romantic, huh? He thought greeting cards were a waste of trees;  that buying flowers because someone told you to defeated the purpose;  and that going to dinner on the big day just to eat from a limited menu and have servers...<br/>
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		<title>Eleven</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annmarie</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am eleven years a widow now. I reread the words I have written in my widowhood and wonder how I ever made it through the pain, the fears and the frozen terror of life in the aftermath of death.
But I did. Sometimes it actually feels contained. The grief. The longing for him alive has [...]<br/>
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		<title>How Can I Be Merry?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is the fourth Christmas I have spent without Phil. I find that fact almost incomprehensible. Where has the time gone? How do I begin to count the things that have happened in my life since his death? The kids have grown several inches, our families have grown and changed, our house is...<br/>
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		<title>The Widow Next Door</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michele</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[WidowSpeak Blog—Michele
Grief is a thief; it steals the breath of life and leaves devastation in its wake. What happens when grief robs a woman of not only her husband, but also her ability to cope with the world around her? How do others know when the aftermath of loss has created a dangerous...<br/>
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