Joseph had a dream that he knew was from God. There was a distinct calling on his life and a good plan for his future. He lived a life of […]
cancer / Grief Support / Poetry
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The Big C
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 […]
Devotional / faith / Grief Support / Waiting / Widowhood / Womanhood
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Scattered Seeds
I sometimes struggle with the feeling that my current ministry is just throwing seed to the wind and never seeing any of the fruit it might bear. That can be […]
But God / cancer / faith / Grief / Merchandise / Resources / Widowhood
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Terminal? But God…
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 […]
faith / Grief / hope / Resurrection / Widowhood
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Silent Saturday: When Immanuel Was No Longer With Us
I often think about that Saturday between the crucifixion and the resurrection, when Jesus was in the tomb. I believe that must’ve been the saddest day in history. I can’t […]
But God / child loss / faith / Grief / Parenting / Widowhood
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Birth, Death and Adoption
Exactly 8 days before our little girl went to Heaven, on February 28th, our little boy was born. We just didn’t know it yet.  God knew. He knew I’d […]
Anorexia / But God / child loss / faith / Grief / Parenting / Resources / Solo Parenting / Trauma / Widowhood / Womanhood
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Anorexia vs Faith
Not many years before we lost Jeremy, we almost lost our 14-year-old daughter. We helplessly watched as she slowly and painfully tried to take her own life. The diagnosis was […]
cancer / Child Loss / faith / Grief / Widowhood
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2 years—cancer free!
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 […]
child loss / faith / Grief / Trauma / Widowhood
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When Grief Collides with Faith
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 / Child Loss / faith / Grief / Widowhood
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God Can, But What If He Doesn’t?
What if …I don’t get a happy ending?…This pain doesn’t go away?…He answers my prayers with “No?”…Life never looks like I hoped?…I lose again? I know God can—but what. if. […]