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🍂Fellowship & Friendsgiving. 🧡
Join us for a time of fellowship, gratitude, and giving thanks for God’s abundant blessings.
For our November Gathering bring your favorite side dish or dessert as we gather and reflect on The Lord’s goodness.

Tuesday, November 10, 2026
6:00 – 8:00PM
Otter Creek Church, Brentwood
RSVP: Evite or DM us here.

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Widowed twice by age 31, Rachel Faulkner Brown turned her grief into a ministry for widows across the country. Her story opens Season Three of Widow Life and Money. 🎙️

Rachel's first husband, Todd, died due to an aneurysm when she was 23. Two years later she married Blair, an Air Force fighter pilot, who died in a plane crash when she was 31 and raising their two children. Out of that loss, she founded Never Alone Widows, the largest Christian widows’ ministry in the U.S. Today she is also an author, an ordained minister, and a national speaker for Folds of Honor.

In this conversation, Daniel and Rachel talk about:
- How shame and unprocessed grief can hide behind staying strong
- Remarriage as a Gold Star widow and what it can mean for survivor benefits
- What widows say about money when the walls come down
- Why trading “Why did this happen to me?” for “Who needs what I’ve learned?” can change a widow’s life

Wherever you are in your grief, you’re not behind. This episode is for the widow who needs that reminder today.

🎧 Listen now: https://wisestewardshipfp.com/wlm-ep13

Has a single question or conversation ever shifted how you saw your grief? We’d love to hear about it in the comments

@rachelfaulknerbrown @neveralonewidows

#WidowLifeAndMoney #GoldStarWidow #NeverAloneWidows #Widowhood #FaithAndFinances

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Our Perham Never Alone Locals group will be meeting on November 7, 2026! We always have such a wonderful time gathering together and sharing our stories. You are welcome to come! If you are seeing this post, send us a direct message for the address! We would love to have you join us!

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Happy Heavenly Birthday to two of
the most important men in my life.

Rob, you would have been 45 today. Your first birthday in heaven. And somehow, on the very same day, I’m celebrating my brother Michael’s birthday in heaven, too.

Sometimes I sit back and think about how crazy it is that our stories were all connected long before we ever knew how they would unfold.

I remember the three of us hanging out at our hometown bars, laughing, drinking, and just living life. This was before Rob and I ever started dating. Back when I had the biggest secret crush on him, and I’m pretty sure my brother knew it the entire time.

God, what I would give to go back to one of those nights.

To sit at that bar again. To hear their voices. To watch them laugh. To be completely unaware of how much those ordinary moments would someday mean to me.

I never imagined I’d live in a world without either of them.

And now here I am, celebrating another birthday without my brother and my very first without my husband.

There’s something so heartbreaking about getting older while the people you love never get the chance to. Rob will forever be 44. Michael would of been 41 today. And I’ll spend the rest of my life wondering what all the birthdays we never got to celebrate would have looked like.

I hope in Heaven, they’re together today. I hope Michael is giving Rob a hard time, and Rob is firing right back with one of his ridiculous jokes.

I hope they’re talking about all those nights we spent together, back when life was so simple and we had absolutely no idea what was coming.

And selfishly, I hope they’re talking about me, too.

Because down here, I haven’t stopped talking about them.

I miss my brother. I miss my husband. I miss the life where I could pick up the phone and hear their voices.

I’d give anything for just one more birthday with both of them.

Happy Birthday, Michael and Rob. 🤍

How lucky was I to have been loved by both of you.

And how incredibly unfair that I have to
spend the rest of my life missing you.

I love you both. Always.

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These women attended the recent Never Alone Widows Retreat at Lake Lanier and went from sharing their stories of what life has taken from them, to reclaiming joy and experiencing what it feels like to be living, not just surviving. A way to experience pure joy in the midst of the hard.

Attending a Never Alone Retreat has had an impact beyond words for my family and I after Tyler passed in 2019 and I will forever be so thankful for this ministry and all they are do for women and children left in the aftermath of loss.

I was so excited @rachelfaulknerbrown for the opportunity to share and capture the joy of surfing with these women and huge thanks to @ejbarron74 and @barronfam for driving and coaching and being part of this unforgettable moment.

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Save the dates!

The holidays can be tricky as we navigate grief, but we’re looking forward to carving out some time together in the upcoming months. If you’re looking ahead at the upcoming season with joy, heaviness, or a little bit of both, you don’t have to walk it alone.

Psalm 34:18 says, “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”

As we enter the holiday season, may we hold on to the hope that comes from Him:

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”—Romans 15:13

That is our prayer for you this week!

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Anxiety and I do everything together these days.

Last night was another sleepless night. Not because I wasn’t exhausted, but because my mind simply wouldn’t let me rest.

Something I’ve learned about widowhood is that anxiety becomes a part of your grief in ways you never could have imagined.

It’s the constant feeling of being overwhelmed, even when nothing is happening. It’s worrying about things that haven’t happened, questioning every decision, feeling guilty about things you shouldn’t, and carrying this overwhelming fear that something else could go wrong.

Because when you’ve already experienced your entire world falling apart, it’s hard to convince your mind that everything is going to be okay.

This week, Rob would have turned 45. His first birthday without him here. And as that day approaches, I can physically feel my grief changing. My body seems to recognize these milestones before my mind can even process them.

Grief is so much more than sadness. It’s the racing heart, sleepless nights, inability to concentrate, and constant feeling that something terrible is about to happen.

I miss the version of myself who didn’t have to think this way. Who could make plans without imagining everything that could go wrong. Who could enjoy a moment without feeling guilty for being happy.

But more than anything, I miss the security of knowing that no matter what happened, Rob and I would figure it out together.

That’s one of the loneliest parts of widowhood. Losing your person also means losing the sense of safety you spent years building together.

The mental exhaustion of grief is something I’m still learning to navigate. Carrying memories, fears, responsibilities, and emotions while trying to continue living a life that looks nothing like the one you imagined.

Some days I do better than others.

But lately, anxiety has been coming along for just about everything.

And sometimes the hardest part of grief isn’t just missing the person you lost.

It’s trying to recognize the person you’ve become without them.

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Hi ladies! 💕 This Sunday is our monthly Never Alone meetup, and we can’t wait to see you—or meet you for the very first time!

As we head into the holiday season, we’ll be talking honestly about navigating the holidays after loss and how we can prepare our hearts, set boundaries, and make it through this season with a little more grace and support.

Do you have a question you’d love for our panel to answer? Drop it in the comments below, or if you’d rather keep it private, send us a DM with your question. We’d love to hear what’s on your heart. 🤍

We can’t wait to be together this Sunday! 🎄✨ You are so loved!

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November registration is officially OPEN 🤎🍂

Join us for our next Never Alone Widows Sacramento gathering on Saturday, November 14 as we come together for a special Friendsgiving.

🍁 Saturday, November 14
🤎 Registration link in bio

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Pumpkin painting, sweet moments, and beautiful memories 🍂

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Desperation to destiny.

Thank you, Jesus.

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