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c/o His Lovely Wife Ministries
P.O. Box 211018, Detroit, MI 48221
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 1, 2006
Widows Come Alive in 2005!
“WHAT DO I DO NOW?”
This is the question asked by numerous widows when they suddenly find
themselves having to make the adjustment to living alone without their spouses.
This was the question asked by Ministers Mary Edwards and Dessie Morgan earlier
this year. And the answers didn’t come easy. Prior to losing their husbands,
these two widows had worked together in Joy of Jesus Ministries helping others
put their lives together. Now they were forced with the challenge of having to
do the same thing for themselves.
In March 2004, Morgan lost her spouse Fred after an on-again-off-again battle
with cancer. Married for 36 years, the loss was devastating. She had married
Fred at the age of 16.
The same month Minister Morgan’s husband passed, Minister Edwards’ husband,
Rev. Eddie K. Edwards, was diagnosed with cancer as well. In July 2004 he
passed. While Morgan was able to share what knowledge she had gained about “What
to do next,” every widow’s situation is unique in itself. Thus, the issues were
different and problem solving was often a challenge for Edwards.
Edwards says, “Prior to my husband’s death, I had never even opened a bill,
let alone paid one. Then there were the insurance issues, social security
matters to handle, the estate, and having to deal with people around you who
were acting crazy when you needed them to be normal.” Those were major
challenges that required sound decision making right in the middle of dealing
with her grief and what to do next.
“But then there were the added everyday responsibilities,” Edwards continued,
“such as where’s the fuse boxes? Who can I get to put in the storm widows? And
having to remember to put the garbage at the curb every Thursday morning.”
Accustomed to being problem solvers, Edwards and Morgan have started a
ministry called Widows With Wisdom (WWW). The goals for this invaluable ministry
are to:
- Hold monthly support meetings
- Establish chapters in other cities
- Host conferences throughout the USA
- Publish a Widows With Wisdom Handbook, newsletters, and other books
- Author a weekly column for widows via the internet
- Create a phone hot line
- Found a radio outreach ministry
- Provide referrals for spiritual, financial and/or legal counseling
- Encourage entrepreneurial opportunities
On Friday December 31, 2004 at 7:00 p.m., Widows With Wisdom launched their
weekly program over Radio Station WLQV 1500 on the dial. Each week a different
topic will be discussed. Edwards and Morgan stand on the scripture in James 1:27
which says, “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is to visit
orphans and widows in their trouble and to keep oneself unspotted from the
world.” These two widows say, “We love our husbands but they are gone and we are
still here to fulfill our destinies.
****** Minister Mary Edwards is a nationally sought after author and speaker.
She is co-founder of Joy of Jesus Ministries, founder and president of The
Called and Ready Writers and His Lovely Wife Ministries. She has authored six
books. Her latest is Ponderings From the Heart of Mary. In 2002 she was voted
“One of the Most Influential Women in Metropolitan Detroit. In 2004 she was
selected as the only Detroit contributor to be published in the very first
Chicken Soup for the African American Soul book.
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