On Tuesday mornings, a group of women gather at the Bicentennial Chapel to discuss their lives - the blessings, the struggles, the surprises, the disappointments -- that come with being a member of a ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – There’s a special retreat coming up this fall aimed at helping women who are widowed. Susan VandePol is the founder of “A Life AFter Breath Experience – A Widow’s Calling” ...

In the dozen years that she spent with Aaron Hewitt — first as his colleague, then as his friend, then as his girlfriend, and ultimately as his wife — Valentine’s Day was never really that important ...

A handful of years ago, I began interviewing widows and listening to the bereaved share their narratives in what would become a book I co-authored, "A Widow's Guide to Healing". The first widow I ...