cancer / Grief Support / Poetry

The Big C

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Cancer took me by surpriseChrist knew all of my days before there was one of them Cancer deforms my bodyChrist formed my inward parts and knitted me together in my […]

cancer / Child Loss / devotional / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Widowhood / Womanhood

Irreparably Broken

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Do you feel irreparably broken? A few minutes of watching the news or scrolling social media reminds me that I don’t hold a monopoly on brokenness. There is pain, devastation […]

cancer / Child Loss / devotional / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Trauma / Widowhood

When Grief Rocks Your Faith

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Profound grief has a way of bringing us face to face with what we actually believe about God. Often, we are surprised by our own doubt. We wrestle with the […]

But God / cancer / faith / Grief / Merchandise / Resources / Widowhood

Terminal? But God…

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Two-year cancer checkup = another clean bill of health 🙌🏻 However… That isn’t why I’m wearing this shirt today. I recently re-released this “God Can” shirt in honor of my […]

cancer / Child Loss / devotional / faith / Grief / Widowhood

God’s Heartbeat

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Our daughter was born with three heart defects. I would often lay with my ear pressed against her, so I could listen to her heart beat. It brought peace to […]

cancer / faith / Grief / Widowhood

God Can

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Exactly one year and a day after the death of my husband, I had the first of three surgeries to remove cancer from my body. More specifically, I underwent a […]

Bible Study / Book / cancer / Child Loss / Devotional / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Trauma / Widowhood

Is God Asking Too Much?

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When Jesus asked the disciples to feed the 5000, they thought He was asking too much of them. And if it had it all depended on them, they would’ve been […]

Book / cancer / Child Loss / devotional / faith / Grief / Trauma / Widowhood

It’s Not About Job

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There is a common misconception that the book of Job is about a patient man suffering well. And if the book ended in chapter 2, I might be inclined to […]

Book / cancer / Child Loss / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Widowhood

The Treasures in the Valley

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Are you tired of this endless journey of suffering? Job’s…and yours? I see you. You’re weary. You’re discouraged. You’re afraid this lonely path of agony is all there is and […]

cancer / Child Loss / devotional / faith / Grief / Parenting / Trauma / Widowhood

When God Calls You Out

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The boat was not Peter’s safe place; Jesus was.

cancer / faith / Grief / Trauma

And Then Came Cancer

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Exactly one year and one day from the death of my beloved husband, I had the first of three surgeries to remove cancer from my body. More specifically, a double […]

cancer / Child Loss / faith / Grief / Widowhood

2 years—cancer free!

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When I found out I had cancer only nine months after my husband died, I didn’t think I even wanted to survive it. I was numb. I was exhausted. I […]