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Tag Archives: Widows
Obituary Theft: What You Don’t Know Can Cost You
How to avoid robberies, scams and ghosting
It’s one of those stories that sounds too bad to be true: Criminals perusing the obituaries in order to rob or scam the relatives of the person who died. Unfortunately, true it is. Snopes.com gathered several examples of law-breakers who … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged Ghosting, Identity theft, obituaries, Obituary, obituary theft, safety, scams, Widowers, Widows
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Death at a Funeral: The Now-Extinct Indian Custom of Sati
Indian widows threw themselves into their husband's pyres during this outlawed tradition
It’s not uncommon to find strict cultural rules that tell women exactly how to behave after a husband’s death. In some societies, women are expected to wear all black, cover the mirrors in their homes or even stay indoors for … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives
Tagged Cremation, Hindu, India, Indian Burial Traditions, Indian death rituals, outlawed death rituals, Parvati, pyre, Sati, Scythians, Shiva, Suicide, Widows
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The Historical Widow’s Walk, Where A Wife Waited for Her Husband’s Safe Return From Sea
The sentimental mythology of America’s coastal architecture
Any trip through Cape Cod, Nantucket and other local coastal towns is a tour through the 19th century cultural landscape of New England — an architectural intersection between its British inheritance and the stylistic dictates of a New World. Widow’s … Continue reading
Is “The Widower Effect” True?
Also Meet the “Broken Heart Syndrome”
Four years ago I went through a completely unexpected shock induced by the separation from my husband after 20 years of marriage. For me, the circumstances of how it happened played as a virtual spousal death, including all the intermingled … Continue reading
Posted in Sharing Suzette
Tagged Broken Heart Syndrome, Cardiomyopathy, Effects of Grief, Grief, Length of Life, Suicide, Valentine's Day, Widower Effect, Widowers, Widows
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Widows Reflect on Aging and Dying
Helen Nearing and Joan Didion Offer Us Their Thoughts
I was recently rummaging through an old bookstore when I stumbled on a copy of the book Light on Aging and Dying, by Helen Nearing, written when she was a widow. I was familiar with Helen and her husband Scott’s … Continue reading
