Growing Through Grief: Widowhood as a Catalyst for Spiritual Development

After thirty years as an architectural technical writer and becoming a widow, Margery Buckingham pursued a life-long dream to study theology and philosophy. She earned a master’s degree in spiritual direction at General Theological Seminary in New York and a master’s in applied spirituality at South East Technological University in Waterford, Ireland. She provides individual and group spiritual direction and leads retreats on grief and spirituality in the second half of life.