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Articles by Survivor: Widow / Widower / Widowed Significant Other
Morrison Family  

Beyond the Sea
By Cindy Hooks Morrison

I have filled the ocean deep with tears and scaled a rugged mountain of grief, yelling and wrestling with my faith the whole way. With an aching heart and a broken soul...  More»
Children Swinging  
I vividly remember when my husband died. My children were four...  More»

Books  

Suggested Books for Grieving Adults
Reviewed by Jonnie Chandler

I now tell time by before and after. Before two Army Captains knocked on my door...  More»
Barbara Christie  

You Doin’ OK?
By Barb Christie

It was an uncharacteristically beautiful, blue-sky, warm day in Brussels, February 2001...  More»

Small Steps in Speech Photo  
It all started years back at a Philadelphia Eagles game. My brother-in-law invited me down to ...  More»
Outstretched Arms  
He died at the hand of another and I was left to raise our three small children alone. Chris was my husband...  More»

Snow Angel  
The holiday season is here. For those of us who are grieving, getting from one day to the next may be all we can manage during this season.   More»
Angela Brinneman  

Uncharted Territory
By Angelia Brinneman

With the coming of the holiday season, do widows and widowers feel more alone? I know I always do.  More»

Hrvatin, Stacey and Michael Medders  

Finding the Path
By Stacey Hrvatin

Now that I am a year and a half beyond the death of my fiancé, I am able to hold my footing a bit longer these days and look back.  More»
Gott, Priscilla and Lawrence - Wedding Photo  

Lessons of Love
By Priscilla Gott

I am a 25 year old 7th grade Language Arts teacher and a wife whose husband died by suicide...  More»

Book Cover - Living with Loss  

Living With Loss
Reviewed by Melina Nolte

This book truly has the capability of making you feel as if someone has taken hold of your broken heart and put it in their healing hands.  More»
West, Michelle - Getting Ready to Sky Dive  
Ever since March 11, 2008, I have been teetering on the edge. On that day I received the heartbreaking news...  More»

Bare Tree  

My Death Wish
By Michele Neff Hernandez

It is an odd and frightening sensation to wish you were dead. After my husband died I fervently wished I could die, too  More»
Marie Campbell and Lori Hunter  
I could not comprehend when three Air Force officials knocked on my door to tell me that my husband...  More»

Dandelions  
I thought my life was over when my husband, Marine Corp Major John Ruocco took his own life. The thought of going on and raising...  More»
Rachael Lukasiewicz and fiancée  

Almost a Daughter-in-Law
By Rachael Lukasiewicz

Please realize that I love your son…and I know you do as well. There was nothing fair or normal about him...  More»

Jackie and Ben Stein  
Have you ever heard of the “runner’s high”? Ever wonder why people who exercise regularly seem to be in a good mood ...  More»
William and Xiomara Hall and Family - Wedding Photo  
I used to think life was an adventure. I had lived through so much in my few years...  More»

2008 Gala - Table  
At lunch on the first day of the Survivor Weekend in May, I searched the room...  More»
Women Standing on Beach  
The searing pain of loss envelops us completely in the days and weeks and months following the death of our beloved...  More»

2013 Spring Cover
TAPS Magazine is dedicated to the brave men and women who died while serving with the Armed Forces, and to their survivors.
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