#widowed

Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty under the guidance of his widowed grandmother. ↗

— Russell Baker

#classic #grandmother #guidance #his #his way

I sometimes think that being widowed is God's way of telling you to come off the Pill. ↗

— Victoria Wood

#come #god #i #off #pill

'Statistically, people who have been happily married and then widowed tend to remarry. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#happily #married #people #statistically #tend

Right now, too many women who reach retirement age find themselves widowed or single, relying on their Social Security check for over half of their income. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#check #find #half #income #many

It's the moms of this nation - single, married, widowed - who really hold this country together. We're the mothers, we're the wives, we're the grandmothers, we're the big sisters, we're the little sisters, we're the daughters. You know it's true, don't you? You're the ones who always have to do a little more. ↗

— Ann Romney

#big #country #daughters #grandmothers #hold

Grief is only the memory of widowed affections. ↗

— James Martineau

#affections #grief #memory #only #widowed