To the girl who is dreading Mother’s Day… I see you. My very first Mother’s Day was spent in silence—with excruciatingly empty arms—only two months after burying my little girl. […]
Grief / Thoughts Journal / Trauma / Widowhood
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The Battle For Your Mind
Oh, friends, the battle for our minds is fierce! The enemy slithers up, while you’re lying on a grave with the wind knocked out of you, and he whispers in […]
child loss / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Resources / Solo Parenting / Thoughts Journal / Widowhood / Womanhood
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Leighann McCoy Podcast
Don’t miss this podcast episode with Audra Smith, The Pastor’s Widow. She has so much to share! https://www.prayerclinic.com/podcasts/the-leighann-mccoy-podcast/episodes/2149010337
Child Loss / devotional / faith / Grief / hope / Trauma / Widowhood
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Graves and Gardens
When Karissa died, Jeremy and I were newlyweds, living on a single Christian School teacher’s salary. Meaning, we didn’t have two nickels to rub together. Thankfully, my parents were gracious […]
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 […]
Grief
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Thankful for Grief
I am thankful for grief. Hear me out… Grief is love. 🥀 Not, “I once loved,” but rather, “I love still.” I am privileged to have had a love that […]
child loss / Grief / Trauma / Widowhood
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The Binder of My Wounds
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 […]
faith / Grief
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My Story: The Pastor’s Widow
If I told you my story… I see my life in three chapters. Chapter one was my life before Jeremy. Chapter two was my life with Jeremy. Chapter three is […]
Anorexia / Grief / Parenting
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I Choose Faith
Three years ago, I was sitting in a hospital room, in the middle of a miscarriage, facing the very real possibility that we were about to lose our fourteen-year-old to […]
Building Bridges / Child Loss / faith / Grief / Sermon
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Is He Worth It?
Yesterday, I sat on Jeremy’s grave and asked him to tell me how to do this without him. Of course, I didn’t expect him to answer. But God…. Early this […]