Street Widows Podcast: Recent Episodes
The 29 Year Old Widow
(A safe space for all grief). Street Widow /strēt/ /ˈwidō/: 1. A woman who has lost someone she loves to the streets (gun violence, drugs, long term incarceration etc.).2. A woman suffering from a loss that has been shunned, forgotten, stigmatized or made to feel any less validated than the loss of another. We are healing in public so those healing in private can keep going. We are the Street Widows & we have something to say!
The theme for Year 3 of Widowhood was "My Children's Grief."
I tried posting this episode for a whole 6 months and the enemy was working overtime. The file was too large to send and then I bought a new computer and the file was corrupted. BUT GOD!!! I ended up getting a new phone and getting the files back and now here I sit on Feb 19th, 2024 (which makes 4 years since I lost my husband) and now I can share my perspective of Year 3 with the world.
For my day one, week one, month one widows LISTEN TO THIS! You are going to survive, you are going to smile, you are going to live again! You are going to wake up without crying again! Trust God for this!
For my widows navigating grieving young children, LISTEN TO THIS! Navigating my children's grief was the main challenge in year 3. Here I sit after year 4 and my children have grown SO much in their grief and communicating how they feel.
We got this ya'll. And for the times when you don't have it, Street Widows is here to support and uplift you!
Sydney shares her story of losing her husband to substance-use and the conflicting emotions of loving a person, but hating them for the choices they made.
“I’m Sydney Lydian, I’m a woman, I’m a mother, and as of September 20, 2023 I am officially a street widow. Navigating this new reality is a journey for me and for my children. No matter how intense it gets, I champion coming out of all life’s challenges better than I was when I went in. My children are watching me and I’m going to show them how to never give up, even better, I’ll show them how to turn tragedy into triumph!”
Street Widows Jacque and Crystal join us for some Widow Talk! We are pulling cards from the Widow Talk conversation deck, sipping on our Elevated Wine and sharing our experiences as Street Widows.
Jacquenette Young has been in the medical field working in health information technology for over 9 years. She enjoys her work. She's a competitive cheer mom to her one and only baby girl Maliiya (13). Her favorite pastime is working out. She enjoys the health benefits and stress relief that it provides. Her daughter's father, Marcellus Hinton was found unalive due to a gunshot wound, in his care on November 3, 2018. She has been a Street Widow for 5 years.
Crystal Mclemore runs two online cigar stores (BuyDiscountCigars and CigarTigar.com). She is a mother of 3 beautiful children; Amiah (20), Toynelia (17), and Tyrone Jr. (15). She also has 2 beautiful grandchildren, Amari (2) and Oakland (Newborn). She loves spending time with her family and friends. The father of her children, Tyrone Malone Sr., was found unalive on Thanksgiving day, November 26, 2021, due to pneumonia as a result of houselessness which stemmed from a battle with substance-use disorder. Crystal has been a Street Widow for 2 years.
Season 2 of Street Widows Pod opens with Kelly Bundy sharing her story of becoming a Street Widow for the second time after her husband is killed by his father and brother.
Join us for Widow Talk with Street Widow vets Mesha & Lisa.
Grief is challenging enough to deal with alone. What's it like going back to work, managing multiple businesses & being solely responsible for the finances in the household? Let's talk about it on this episode of Street Widows Podcast
Have you ever not known what to say or how to console someone who’s grieving? We’ve all been there!
Join some of my best friends and I as we discuss what it looks like to support a friend through grief and the impact of my grief on their lives.
Street Widows Podcast takes it to the streets to discuss the recent social media debate, "why do we grieve celebrities."
This episode is brought to you by the streets of Atlanta & in loving memory of Takeoff.
The widows have Widow Talk live. Discussing the untimely death of Takeoff, the music industry, friends + grief & more.
The holidays are a tough time to grieve anyone, especially a spouse. The Street Widows discuss the holiday season and what grieving looks like for them.
What are your holiday traditions? What does tradition even mean to you after loss?
Street Widows Podcast started as a Docuseries about women surviving loss to the streets. After the initial conversation, I came to the realization that these conversations are missing from today's world of accessible content. It was at that moment Street Widows Podcast was born.
This is the initial conversation that begin a movement.