Book / child loss / Devotional / Grief / Grief Support / Poetry / Prolonged Grief Disorder / Resources / Trauma / Widowhood

Things your grieving friends wish you knew but will never tell you…

Posted on:

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” Maya Angelou When someone you love suffers a profound loss, it can be hard […]

Grief / Music / poetry / Trauma / Widowhood

Your Song Isn’t Over Yet

Posted on:

I’m still wearing my pause necklace. She’s a little rough with wear. In fact, I stopped wearing her for a minute because she’s all pitted and the “gold” is rubbed […]

child loss / faith / Grief / Trauma / Widowhood

When You Want to Ask Why

Posted on:

When we realized Jeremy wasn’t going to make it, I looked at my dad and asked, “Why does this keep happening to me?” When bad things happen, often our first […]

child loss / faith / Grief / Prolonged Grief Disorder / Trauma / Widowhood

Complicated Grief: When You Get Stuck

Posted on:

Grief is inevitable. No one escapes it. If you love anything or anyone, you will eventually grieve. Remember when your baby had separation anxiety? She was grieving what she perceived […]

child loss / Grief / Trauma / Widowhood

The Binder of My Wounds

Posted on:

Jeremy married a very broken girl almost 27 years ago. In him, God graced me with exactly what I needed in that particular season. He was patient and steady and […]

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

When God Calls You Out

Posted on:

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

cancer / faith / Grief / Trauma

And Then Came Cancer

Posted on:

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 […]

faith / Grief / hope / Trauma

Not Too Broken for Jesus

Posted on:

My heart is so heavy over the recent devastation in our country from Helene. I’ve seen video after video, picture after picture, story after story of loss of life, livelihood […]

child loss / faith / Grief / Trauma / Widowhood

When Grief Collides with Faith

Posted on:

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

cancer / faith / Grief / Parenting / Trauma / Widowhood

Daddy’s Girl

Posted on:

Our youngest was a daddy’s girl. Of the five children, she was the one who preferred Jeremy, even over me. So naturally, whenever she needed comfort, she ran to her […]

child loss / devotional / faith / Grief / poetry / poetry / Trauma / Widowhood

I’ll Give Thanks Anyway

Posted on:

Even when my heart is brokenAnd last goodbyes remain unspoken{I’ll give THANKS anyway.} Even when my dreams are shatteredAnd it’s not my will that mattered{I’ll give THANKS anyway.} Even when […]

child loss / Grief / Parenting / Trauma / Widowhood

To The One Doing Hard Things

Posted on:

Hey, you. The one who cried herself to sleep last nightThe one battling to get out of bed todayThe one who keeps reliving the traumaThe one who is riddled with […]