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…

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…

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.

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…

Michele Neff Hernandez is the founder, and executive director of the Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation which provides resources for the bereaved. Since the death of her husband in 2005, Michele has made reaching out to other widows her personal mission. She is a motivational speaker and…

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