New Normal
Making a Case for (im)Perfection
Recently, my brother and I were reminiscing about our childhood. As my brother looked into my linen closet, which I’d organized a few weeks before
October 13, 2025
Here you will find support, comfort and hope as you navigate your New Normal after the loss.
Yvonne Broady aka The Blooming Widow, is a former public-school educator turned author. Yvonne lost her husband to pancreatic cancer in 2009 and her powerful experience with grief, loss and healing inspired her to write Brave in a New World: A Guide to Grieving the Loss of a Spouse.
She blogs about her experience and gives comforting and helpful advice to those who have experienced loss and are navigating a grief journey.
Yvonne co-facilitates a healing/grief group at the Riverside Church in New York City.
Recently, my brother and I were reminiscing about our childhood. As my brother looked into my linen closet, which I’d organized a few weeks before
Central Park’s Bow Bridge symbolizes so many things to me. It reminds me of my late husband’s love for Central Park and how he used
When I was in the tunnel of grief, as I refer to my long period of mourning, there was the chatter of the outside world
About a year or so before my husband fell ill with pancreatic cancer, I was beginning to feel rumblings of discontent in my spirit. I
One afternoon as the sun began to wane, I came into my house and began to settle in for the evening. I made a little
When my husband Chuck was formally diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, back in early 2008, I was still working. There were no thoughts of retiring for
When you lose a spouse, or any loved one, the landscape of your world changes. I will help you to understand and adjust to your New Normal.
I have created five stages of grief: The Tunnel, Numbness, Teeter Totter, Pinhole, and Reawakening. I will offer helpful advice to assist you in navigating these five stages of your grief journey.
It's hard to imagine feeling happy again, but it will happen one day. I can assist in helping you to enjoy life again as you enter your New Beginning.
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Brave in a New World narrates the effects of the grieving process – a long and arduous course whereby the only one one who can get through it is the one who is left.
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