CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Elizabeth Woods whole world did crumble last August. "When they said he had taken a shot to the head, I felt my knees buckle and I almost fell to the floor." Her husband, Brian Woods, an Army Special Forces Medic, was killed on a mission in Afghanistan. Elizabeth was at home with a new baby and no where to turn. "I just felt very much isolated like I didn't belong anywhere."

She was depressed, but her desire to care for her new daughter and preserve her husband's memory propelled her to find an outlet for her pain. "Just to realize that life is going to go on, it's going to keep going whether you like it or not."

She just started writing and started a web site and organization to connect with other widows to help heal minds and hearts called Soul Widows. "There's some women who contact me and don't have any support, they have somewhere safe to talk about their experiences, makes me feel like I've done good out of a circumstance that is so awful."

The organization and web site have only been around 4 months but in that time nearly 40 women have connected. A retreat is planned for the end of the month, the bond between the widows is strong and there are resources for healing, and dealing with the grief and loss. "To cry when you cry, and allow yourself to laugh when you think something is funny."