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Dear Marie: This is a very difficult time for me. I lost my wife of 12 years in a car accident four months ago. She was coming home from work when a drunk driver ran a red light and hit her. She was pronounced dead at the scene. I never got a chance to say goodbye. We...
The Act of Forgiving For Widows And Divorcees Forgiving someone for an offense; whether it is perceived or not, isn’t about the other person at all. Forgiving the other person is about you; the person who is doing the forgiving. It is a way to release your pain. Anger...
In the January 2008 article, I wrote about becoming whole and what that can mean for you. In this article you will receive some of the tools needed to achieve your goal of wholeness. Being whole is really about living your life in balance. It is also about living your...
Becoming Whole after the Loss of a Mate At this time, you may have a few questions about becoming whole again. What is does being whole look like to me? How does it feel? How will I know when I have reached this point? Why do I want to be whole and how does this...
Dear Marie: I'm feeling confused about how to respond to questions my friends and family ask. My husband died three months ago and I'm still having a hard time with it. I get a lot of questions about how I'm feeling and they make me uncomfortable. I know this is what...
Dear Marie: I'm 62 and a widower. My wife died last year. We were married 30 years. We never had kids. My wife got cancer and died six weeks after the diagnosis. She was a good wife and we had lots of fun together. I miss her terribly. Everyone I talked with in the...
Dear Marie: I'm a recently divorced 42 year old female. I have three kids two teenage boys and a little girl. After the divorce, we were forced to move out of our home that we lived in for the past 15 years. Our home was in a really nice neighborhood. It had to be...
Dear Marie: I'm 26 years old and my husband of 2 years died of a massive stroke six months ago. We dated for 5 years before we got married and both of us were so happy. There were no warning signs or any reason for it. He was perfectly healthy at 29 years old. Nobody...
Dear Marie: My husband passed more than a year ago from Alzheimer’s disease. The progress of the disease was very slow. At first, we didn’t know he had it but the doctor later said it had been there for a while. I was his primary care giver for more than 5 years...
“Like a lotus flower, Marie has emerged from some of the muddiest conditions and blossomed into a beautiful, inspiring example to all she encounters.”
…And the Lotus Opened is Marie O’Neill’s first book and a memoir of her life journey.