Micah Dillon helps widows, widowers with nonprofit Widow Walk group

Breast cancer survivor and widow Micah Dillion, profiled in a 2022 Member Spotlight, is continuing to build ministries to serve those who have lost spouses, making sure they know they aren’t alone.

She’s letting them know it through The Widow Walk, a community of widows and widowers of all ages supporting one another.

“The Widow Walk is here to fill in the gap and to be a bridge to help widows and widowers alike find their step again,” she said. “You’re stunned. You’re in shock. You’re frozen. Your heart is in a million pieces and how do you even pick that back up? Nothing looks the same.”

Micah, a Samaritan member who works as a realtor in Virginia, named the nonprofit group after the lookout balconies once placed on the top of houses in New England and coastal locations in the 19th century.

“It’s a lookout and that is really what I believe the Widow Walk premise is. We’re checking on each other,” she said.

Each month, The Widow Walk gathers in Micah’s community as a way to come together and not be isolated.

“We feel neglected and overlooked and I feel like I’m supposed to advocate for that,” Micah said. “And to also spread education across the nation, if the Lord allows for me to, because it is the church’s responsibility to care for the orphan and the widow and I think we’ve lost some of those principles.”

Micah envisions The Widow Walk extending to offer groups across the country with widows supporting widows.

“We’re building a comfort care program, really, and a post-care program and we’re boots on the ground,” she said. “We’re living it. As I went through my own journey, I realized we don’t have a handbook for this and this is really hard.”

In 2022, Samaritan Ministries shared Micah’s story of grief after her husband of 13 years died from a heart attack. She wrote two books, created a worship album and launched a blog during her grief.

Micah was later diagnosed with breast cancer and educated herself on stress and trauma. With that education and her personal experiences, she created resources on her website to equip other widows. The website offers three tabs of resources including “Grief Education,” “Grief Expression,” and “Grief Empowerment.”

She has also used her books to create curriculum that she shares with other widows and when holding workshops at churches or in smaller group settings.