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Movie Review: Eternity
A widows perspective on this new movie in theaters now.

Why It Matters for Widows
- Here’s what makes Eternity worth your time: it takes seriously the question that haunts many of us in quieter moments. Not “will I love again?” but rather “how do I honor what was while living what is?”

The film shows Joan frequently visiting the “Archives,” where she can relive memories of her earthly life. She becomes almost addicted to rewatching her moments with Larry, losing herself in what was. It’s a beautiful metaphor for how grief can trap us in memory, even when we’ve chosen to move forward.

The movie’s resolution—which I won’t spoil—suggests that the deepest love isn’t found in perfection or passion alone, but in the accumulation of small, imperfect moments that make up a shared life.

Joan’s struggle isn’t really about choosing between two men. It’s about choosing between two versions of herself: the woman she was at 20, full of possibility and untested love, and the woman she became at 80, shaped by decades of ordinary moments, arguments over dinner, grandchildren’s birthday parties, and the quiet intimacy of growing old together.

As widows, we know this tension. We honor the memory of young love while also recognizing that real love—the kind that survives mortgage payments and sick kids and disagreements about whether to remodel the kitchen—is built in the everyday.

Review by MWC Founder Carolyn Moor, in Widow Life®️ on Substack app. Read full article here: https://open.substack.com/pub/modernwidowsclub/p/when-the-afterlife-asks-who-was-the?r=qxig8&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

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23/10/2025

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When my beloved father passed, I didn't realise there would still be a faint line on the paramedic machine. It upset me.

I pray he had his 7 minutes.

Your brain replays your happiest memories in your final moments

For years, people have spoken about seeing their life “flash before their eyes.” Now, science suggests there may be truth behind it. Researchers studying brain activity at the time of death discovered something remarkable, in the moments after the heart stops, the brain doesn’t immediately shut down. Instead, it lights up.

For nearly seven minutes, waves of activity sweep through the brain, resembling the same patterns seen during dreaming, memory recall, and deep reflection. It’s as if the mind is replaying your most meaningful moments, your childhood laughter, your first love, your proudest achievements, one last time.

Scientists believe this final surge could be the brain’s way of processing the story of your life as it fades, giving you a last, vivid sense of who you were and what you loved.

Even in death, the mind finds a way to hold on to joy. Maybe the end isn’t darkness after all, but a beautiful replay of everything that ever made you feel alive.

11/10/2025

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23/09/2025

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“I’ve had to ask myself if I was in clinical depression, if I was psychotic, if I was manic, if the way that my consciousness was expanding … I’ve been part of teams that have locked people up and had them injected with stuff against their will because of things they were saying that’s not that dissimilar to things I’ve experienced in the last four years.”

Dr. Tara Swart is a name worth looking into to learn her journey.

26/08/2025

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18/08/2025

I am honored to grieve you forever.

The emptiness I feel day in and day out..

Is because the love you filled my life with.

The pain I feel when reality of you being gone catches up on me..

Is because even after quite a bit of time it still doesn’t seem real.

The uneasiness I feel about the future..

Is because I dread planning things and you not being there for them.

The smile that appears on my face when someone tells a story about you..

Is because each time your name is mentioned… it brings you back to life for that very moment in time.

The sadness that creeps up on me when I see a certain place or smell a certain scent..

Is because I just want you back so bad it hurts.

And. I still need you.

The anger that sometimes catches me by surprise..

Is because I still don’t understand why such an amazing person had to leave a broken world.

You made the world better.

Even though grief is so hard. The hardest thing I ever had to go through.

I am so honored to grieve you.

Because you are loved.

You matter.

And will always be remembered.

Until my very last breath.