faith / Grief / hope / Post-Traumatic Growth / Waiting / Widowhood

Undone to Become: Butterflies and Sanctification

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One of the most fascinating occurrences in all of God’s creation happens inside a tiny bean-shaped pod. A fuzzy “worm” that has, thus far, spent her life crawling slowly on […]

Child Loss / Grief / Grief Support / Post-Traumatic Growth / Widowhood

Dear Younger Me: Grief Isn’t What You Think

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13 Things I Would Tell Younger Me About Grief, If I Could 1. There is no such thing as “grieving well.” The right way to grieve is whatever way leads […]

devotional / Grief / Post-Traumatic Growth / Trauma / Widowhood

Deep Roots and Divine Resilience

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You probably overlooked her at first glance. She’s not not much to look at. Surrounded by her thriving, productive counterparts, she seems to be a lost cause. You see, the […]

child loss / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Post-Traumatic Growth / Widowhood

Grief: Gotta Go Through It

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One of my earliest memories is going on a “bear hunt” with my Kindergarten teacher. We’d all march in place as we chanted: Going on a bear hunt.I’m not scared.Gonna […]

Devotional / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Post-Traumatic Growth / Surrender / Widowhood

Drop Your Nets and Follow Me

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Change is hard—especially when it’s not my idea. Especially when it leads to the unknown. Especially when it means letting go. “Immediately they left their nets and followed him.” With […]

devotional / Grief / Post-Traumatic Growth / Prolonged Grief Disorder / Widowhood

Four Years Faithful

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This blog is four years old today—born out of one of the darkest valleys of my life. If these birth-pangs were measurable, they’d certainly be a 10 on the Richter […]

Grief Support / Post-Traumatic Growth / Trauma / Widowhood

Butterfly Theology

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There are few creatures more fragile than the butterfly. So God lovingly created each one with the instinct to protect and preserve herself during storms, knowing that rain and wind […]

devotional / Grief Support / Post-Traumatic Growth / Widowhood

Contentment, Even Now?

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I often preach to myself that I need to be fully present in each season. It’s so tempting to always be looking forward to the next things: Before we know […]

Child Loss / Grief / Grief Support / Post-Traumatic Growth / Trauma / Widowhood

Post-Traumatic Resilience

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This is resilience. I remember a huge holly tree that took up residence next to our house when I was young. She was actually quite beautiful, but when she started […]