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‘I Am A Widower’

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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of same sex marriage on what would have been my 28th anniversary with my partner. Though we were never able to marry, I consider myself a widower.

'Bun in the Oven'

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I was happily married and more than 20-weeks pregnant with a baby I wanted more than anything. So why was I sitting in a Dallas abortion clinic?

Love, Dad

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On my 8th fatherless Father's Day, my dad found a way to send me a handwritten message from the grave.

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  • No Unfinished Business? by Angie Dalfen I’ll never know what my father would have thought about my life choices — the ones I would have asked his opinion about and the ones I wouldn’t have.
  • Are You My Papi? by Mathew Rodriguez As a young man, I lost my father to AIDS-related illness. Now I search for echoes of him in the men I choose to love.
  • Father's Day listicle Random Acts of Dadness by Rob Kutner From rejecting perfectly good restaurant food to donating to worthy causes, I'm spending the first Father's Day after my dad's death trying to emulate his character.
  • Gold Star Widow by Artis Henderson At my first Memorial Day conference for military families, I found kindred spirits among the brokenhearted.
  • When My Husband Died, Facebook Became My Boyfriend by Lauren Jones Some people see social media as a trigger during times of great suffering. But after my husband died, it helped me stay afloat amid my grief.
  • A Year of Grief, 15 Seconds at a Time by Ryan Langer After my dad's murder, Instagram served as both my grief counselor and a surprising professional outlet.
  • 7 Tips for Speaking with a Bereaved Mother by Monica Wesolowska How do you support someone going through the unimaginable? To begin with, don't say you can't imagine what they're going through.
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