This
second room for the widowed is dedicated to those who have reached
a time in their recovery, where the need to find new beginnings
becomes a scary step to take or becomes an exciting challenge.
The Bridge
"A
Bridge is a transition from one place to another. A step
over from the past to what lies ahead.
To love again..... the transition from a past love to a new love.....because
of all that we were, we will be more, because of what we had.
Our love past will be our love future because of who we became
after our loss and what we will become because of our loss.
We
learn to love "because of them, not instead of them".
Whatever
choices are made, to marry or not, we learn by sharing experiences
and tears and laughter that life can be fulfilling in different
ways. When we learn to let go of the pain and know that
the love will never be forgotten if we do, the future becomes
less frightening to face. None of us want to "leave them
behind" and we learn that we don't because they are always
a part of us and who we are is because of them, and who we become
is because we lost them. What we become is up to us though.
We can face life's challenges with new determination and strength
or we can live in yesterday and lose all the wonders that
our tomorrows can bring us.
Let this room be your place to laugh and fellowship, find new
friendships to enrich your lives and share your fears but to encourage
your dreams.
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GROWW is not a religious site. Other than brief statements of
affirmation, discussion of religion is not permitted in GROWW
chat rooms other than the Faith room, which meets on
Tuesdays 8:30 - 10 PM ET. Discussions of religion, like those of
politics or sex, too often turn into arguments, and those
matters are not appropriate GROWW chat room topics. Thank you for your understanding.
The
GROWW rooms consist of thousands of people, each with different
lifestyles and opinions. We do not judge anyone's right to grieve
or their right to live their lives. There are stages of grief that
everyone who comes here will go through. The roller coaster of emotions
that each of us feel. The good days and the bad. This is why we
have created a second room to our main support rooms. GROWW for
Widowed has GFW2 or the "Moving On" room. Grief Recovery
has HomeGROWWn. The "second" rooms are for fellowship,
for camaraderie but they are just as much for support as the main
rooms. They are also GROWW rooms and are to be used with the same
amount of integrity.
Because these rooms were provided to members for fellowship, does
not mean they can be rooms where "all the rules" don't
apply. There's a difference between adult conversation and out and
out vulgarity. The rooms are provided for the support of those who
need support. The main rooms, while very often there is laughter
and fun, is for all members who come for support. If they are in
a bad place and you find it difficult to listen because you don't
want to "go back there", then the second rooms are there
for you to visit and fellowship, laugh and joke.
Remarried- a forum to discuss the challenges of remarrying or a long term committment.
