How To Cope With Losing a Spouse

And no, it’s not what you think

Toni Hargis
Crow’s Feet
Published in
8 min readNov 21, 2023

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While we know it’ll be no picnic, nothing prepares you for losing your spouse or partner. Despite having lost my father and both maternal grandparents at 20 and too many close friends in the last few decades, this grief is on another dimension. I’d had a brief reminder a few months before my husband’s diagnosis when our dog died two years ago. Yes, it was…

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Toni Hargis
Crow’s Feet

Co-author of “How to Stand up to Sexism; Words for when enough is enough”. Helping women find their voices. @ToniHargis