“Widow Widower’s Helper” Offers Hope, Guidance, and a Way Forward After Profound Loss

When the person who shared your life, your vows, and your future is suddenly gone, the world does not gently explain what comes next. It simply continues often leaving widows and widowers unsure how to breathe, decide, or hope again.

In “Widow Widower’s Helper: What Do We Do After Our Blood Covenant Partner Is Gone?” Dr. Myrna L. Etheridge writes from the raw center of lived loss. After the death of her beloved husband of thirty years and the earlier loss of two sons, Etheridge faced a reality few are prepared for: how to continue living when the foundation of one’s life has been torn away. This book is her answer.

Written with unflinching honesty and deep compassion, “Widow Widower’s Helper” does not offer platitudes or shortcuts through grief. Instead, it offers presence, perspective, and practical wisdom—born of pain, reflection, faith, and survival. Etheridge explores what it means to move forward without erasing love, how to honor loss without being defined by it, and how hope can reappear—not all at once, but moment by moment.

Dr. Etheridge’s voice is uniquely grounded in experience. A master teacher, lifelong minister, and educator with eighteen years in public schools and college teaching, she has lived and served across thirty-five nations. Known to many as “Momma Myrna,” she ministers peace and healing to individuals and groups, drawing from her own journey through grief, resilience, and faith. Her belief is simple yet hard-won: life is lived one instant at a time—and even after loss, joy can still return.

As part of its broader outreach, “Widow Widower’s Helper” is being endorsed to the Writers Guild of America (WGA), recognizing the book’s emotional depth, narrative truth, and relevance to creatives and professionals navigating personal loss while continuing to live and work in the world.

About the Author

Dr. Myrna L. Etheridge is a minister, educator, and master teacher who has taught biology, music, and Bible studies, ministered internationally, and served in education for nearly two decades. Having endured the loss of her husband, two sons, siblings, and parents, she writes with hard-earned wisdom and enduring hope. She continues to minister actively, encouraging others to take life one moment at a time—and to find healing, purpose, and peace even after profound loss.

“Widow Widower’s Helper: What Do We Do After Our Blood Covenant Partner Is Gone?” by Dr. Myrna L. Etheridge is available on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Widow-Widowers-Helper-Covenant-Partner/dp/B0DWSCW75V

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