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Widower to Widower: Suriving the End of Your Most Important Relationship
In Widower to Widower, I've compiled the most vital information I could find on the widower experience into one book, so the reader does not have to search as hard as I had to do. I include many critical issues not addressed in other publications. This can be raw and brutal at times, much like the grieving process itself.
Widower to Widower is woven around blogs I wrote during and after my wife's passing. This storytelling element allows the reader to be in the moment with me during the grieving experience, and to see that their own experience is not uncommon.
As I've learned from hundreds of fellow widowers, mine was not a unique journey but was similar, in many respects, to their journey as well. I am the expert only on my own experience. Each widower's experience is unique, but there are common threads and shared experiences. We must each find our own path while learning what we can from each other.
This second edition includes 60 additional pages of research, insights, resources, and a men's grief group guide. Reader testimonies are included in the first two pages of this 2nd edition.
Widower to Widower is woven around blogs I wrote during and after my wife's passing. This storytelling element allows the reader to be in the moment with me during the grieving experience, and to see that their own experience is not uncommon.
As I've learned from hundreds of fellow widowers, mine was not a unique journey but was similar, in many respects, to their journey as well. I am the expert only on my own experience. Each widower's experience is unique, but there are common threads and shared experiences. We must each find our own path while learning what we can from each other.
This second edition includes 60 additional pages of research, insights, resources, and a men's grief group guide. Reader testimonies are included in the first two pages of this 2nd edition.
388 pages, ebook
First published April 15, 2021
About the author
Fred Colby
2 books1 followerLosing my wife of 45 years inspired me to write "Widower to Widower," to help others to survive this gut wrenching experience. The death of my father and step-father at a young age did not prepare me for the pain and emotional turmoil I experienced when my wife, Theresa, died in 2015 after a yearlong bout with uterine cancer.
I was encouraged by therapists and fellow widowers to put my grief journey into words to help myself and others going through the same situation. "Widower to Widower" is built around a series of blogs I wrote during the first year after my wife's passing. Extensive research, lessons learned, discussions with grief counselors, and conversations with many fellow widowers (often while facilitating a Men's Grief Group I helped to found) helped me to create a unique approach to writing about the challenges facing widowers in their first year of grieving.
My prior writing experience includes newsletters, articles, grant applications, and materials written for community members, government, and nonprofit organizations.
I was encouraged by therapists and fellow widowers to put my grief journey into words to help myself and others going through the same situation. "Widower to Widower" is built around a series of blogs I wrote during the first year after my wife's passing. Extensive research, lessons learned, discussions with grief counselors, and conversations with many fellow widowers (often while facilitating a Men's Grief Group I helped to found) helped me to create a unique approach to writing about the challenges facing widowers in their first year of grieving.
My prior writing experience includes newsletters, articles, grant applications, and materials written for community members, government, and nonprofit organizations.
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