Brave Heart Ranch Grief Retreat & Community

05/07/2021

The Ranch welcomed its littlest cowboy on June 28th. Please meet Gregory Luciano Bustos Williams.

17/06/2021

New day, new baby... Hopefully my own, soon.

30/05/2021

Nothing to see here... 😂

26/03/2021

Last night we welcomed 13 new piglets. Mama and babies all appear to be doing well. 🐷💕

23/03/2021

New baby foal joined the fam yesterday! Our own little black stallion. Name TBD.

10/03/2021

After Lance died I never thought I'd be in love again, much less be married and pregnant while living in Costa Rica. This road of life after love and loss is HARD. It's HEARTBREAKING. Every single day in big and small ways, it breaks me and grows me and defeats me and pushes me to be something different than I was before. There is no pride here. Just pain and growth, and somewhere, hope and a new type of joy.

Tonight I stood with my feet in the ocean, talking to Lance as the waves crashed and my feet sunk deeper in the sand. He was in the ether, somewhere beyond me, while Jose Raúl stood behind me, farther away on the beach, letting me have the moment I needed. And that's my life now. One man I love forever present, but never holding my hand, the other man I love physically walking with me, while knowing there's a part of me that's forever out of reach.

And then there's this baby. This miracle I never dreamed I'd have, who somehow connects the two worlds - grounding me and hurling me into new forms of fear and faith further confirming I still need the support of both men I love. And now this third man, this little baby boy who will be here all too soon.

And those are the rambling thoughts of a young widow, losing and finding herself every single day.

21/01/2021

We have a pig now. 😍😍😍 What should we name her?

30/10/2020

Delicious, fresh, table-side coffee.

18/10/2020

Playa Grande - the perfect sunset.

09/09/2020

For anyone struggling with grief and loss, standard advice from those who don't "get it" may not help. Consider these ideas as you approach your grief.

After being widowed in 2018, Laura Williams started using her own grief experience to champion others navigating significant loss. Here is her story.