Dana Jackson has gotten three tattoos to honor her husband’s memory. One, of magnolias, is on her left foot and wraps around her ankle. Another, of a lily, is on her rightarm. Surrounding the flower, the tattoo says “It’s a beautiful ride,” taken from a country song. The third is on…
TBM Associates : Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation
Congratulations to our client Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation on the success of its Second Annual Camp Widow. Camp Widow is a two day workshop that offers resources and hope for widowed people through various workshops on everything from healing to dating to remarriage to parenting a…
KPBS : ‘Camp Widow’ Helps Military Wives Heal From Grief
More than 5,000 U.S. service members have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. The vast majority of them were men in their early 20s. Many leave behind their wives who never imagined they would find themselves widows at a young age…
USA Today : Camp Widow bonds people in their journey of loss
Camp Widow. Those two words kind of stop you in your tracks. Should you laugh or cry? For the almost 200 women (and 10 widowed men) at various stages of grief over a lost spouse, the weekend getaway dubbed Camp Widow was never intended to be maudlin. But yes, there was laughter and so…
Ventura County Star : Simi woman to host Camp Widow in San Diego
Widowed people from four countries and 28 different states will be attending next month’s Camp Widow, a special camp started by Simi Valley resident Michele Neff Hernandez, who lost her husband in an accident five years ago.
PRI’s The World : Widows seek community, meaning
Host Katy Clark speaks with Taryn Davis, whose husband, Army Corporal Michael Davis, was killed in Iraq in 2007, and Michele Neff Hernandez of the “Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation.” The women describe how military widows can often feel shunned by their communities when a spouse dies…