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May 30, 2008 - Elaine Williams, author of ‘A Journey Well Taken – Life After Loss’, was recently interviewed at the Total Success Now blog regarding a subject that holds interest for all women in America – widowhood.
According to the U.S Census Bureau, there are approximately 700,000 new widows every year - they will be widows for an average of 14 years. According to AARP,
in 1999, there were over four times as many widows (8.4 million) as widowers (1.9 million). What is even more surprising is that 32% of women aged 55 and older are widows, according to the 2000 U.S. Census. As the foregoing statistics illustrate, this is a situation that affects a very high percentage of the population of the United States.
“In today’s world, with our military men in foreign countries, support is crucial for the women who will become widows when lives are lost,” stated Ms. Williams, “my husband was ill with esophagus cancer, but it has to be an even more incredible heartache to find out your once healthy loved one has died far away from family on foreign soil.
“There are many unique and varied reactions to grief and loss,” stated Ms. Williams, “we may all react differently and yet the end result, many times, is the same. There is a sense of a gaping hole in our chest, a deep emptiness that at first nothing can fill. A support system, whether formal or informal, can help us.”
Elaine Williams understands this intimately, as she found the support she needed through “not only talking to other widows, but through my writing also. I wasn’t able to communicate via writing for several years, and that worried me. I spoke with a counselor and she just let me talk and vent, getting out whatever was stuck on my mind. I had pain, worry about the kids, and just trying to figure out who I was anymore. Talking about your grief experience is one of the biggest healers, as I have learned.”
‘A Journey Well Taken – Life After Loss’ details Ms. Williams’ experience of losing her husband of 20 years. The new interview brings a number of fresh insights regarding the journey she travels still. The interview may be reviewed by visiting the Total Success Now blog at http://heavenonearthsystem.blogspot.com.
Ms. Williams also recently completed a soon to be published interview with US News and World Report, and is available for media interviews by contacting her at the address below.
Contact
Elaine Williams
OnWings Press.
Web: www.ajourneywelltaken.com
Email: onwingspress ( @ ) yahoo dot com
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