First Monday of Month (FMM) - Peer-Led Support Topic Meeting

Our topic this month is:   "Embracing Change and Transformation"

Widows helping widows rebuild our lives is our brave and absolute mission here at the W Connection.  

• Rebuilding has so many meanings. Re-inventing, re-imagining, re-constructing.
• Rebuilding tests our courage and our character strengths that we may not believe we have.  
• Rebuilding is an intentional state of mind.  It is the foundation for change and transformation.  

In preparation for these meetings, our Topic Committee volunteers suggest the following articles: 

NYT: How to Build Resilience in Hard Times

Psychology Today: Cultivating Wellbeing

Widow 411: Want to be a Happier Widow?

Co-Leaders:  Andrea & Carol

 Andrea Vollmerhausen: Zooming in from Clayton, CA

 About Me: I love to travel, so being a travel agent is a natural career for me.  I am a person who loves to get things done, I don't sit around and   wait for a solution; I find it.  In that spirit, one of my strategies is planning where to go post COVID. 

 Interests: Traveling, History (makes the places I visit so meaningful) Reading, spending time with my children and grandchildren and all my   "best" friends.

 Works well with:  Being on the West Coast, I’m delighted to connect with members who operate best in Pacific and Mountain time zones.

 Year of loss: 2007
 

Carol Elizondo: Zooming in from Concord, CA

About Me: I think kindness, compassion and positivity is so important.  Instead of finding the glass half full or half empty, I find the glass refillable.  I have 2 Daughters, 2 Fantastic sons in law and 2 grandchildren.  

Interests: Reading and Walking, which morphed into walking with my headphones on while listening to books ever since COVID started—what a delightful coping strategy for me! 

Works well with:  empty nesters and widows who want to learn and grow and move forward with purpose.

Year of loss: 2018