Widowers' membership in their established religions was instrumental in the widowers' coping with their wives' deaths. Membership, understanding of, and faith in stated doctrines provided hope.

Widows/widowers are able to hold love for both ... Grief doesn't just disappear, so focus on maintaining healthy outlets and ...

The fellow residents in my retirement community in Falls Church, Va., many of whom are widows or widowers, have tried to help me cope. Almost without exception, even those who lost their spouses ...

Dear Abby: I am a senior woman and have been in a relationship for five months with a widower. His wife died three years ago. He calls me every night, and we see each other three to four times a week.

Widower finds comfort in child ... with whom he shared the messages of their faith as a means of coping with what had been unthinkable. Since then, she has reminded him of his own advice.

But we are the lucky ones: In many parts of the world, losing one’s husband is about much more than coping with grief ... or legal bonds—she cannot leave. Widows are cast out.

Today we speak to Ben Brooks-Dutton who is a widower and will be on our facebook page after the show to talk about his experiences with viewers.