Grief / Resources / Widowhood

New Book!!!

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I’ve been keeping a secret… Get it here: https://amzn.to/49qChRO

Christmas / faith / poetry

It Has Begun!

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Before the beginning of time and space, they’d seen His ways, felt His gaze.At the dawn of creation, they sang His praise:Ancient of Days They humbly served at His beck […]

faith / Grief / Thanksgiving / Widowhood

Thankful, Grateful, Grieving

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Grief and gratitude can coexist. You can be truly thankful and also deeply saddened by the empty chair at your table. Leave space for your memories today. Then, through your […]

Grief / Music / poetry / Trauma / Widowhood

Your Song Isn’t Over Yet

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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 […]

Grief

Thankful for Grief

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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 […]

faith / Grief / Parenting / Widowhood

Love Bends Down

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She was exhausted. She was out of her comfort zone. She’d had enough. So, he just sat with her. For as long as it took.

Because love bends down.

Like a good earthly father sits by his struggling child—tenderly, lovingly, patiently—so our good heavenly Father stoops down to us in our need. For as long as it takes.

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child loss / faith / Grief / Trauma / Widowhood

When You Want to Ask Why

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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 […]

faith / Grief / seasons / Thanksgiving / Widowhood

Grief and Gratitude

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Thanksgiving has always been a month-long holiday in the Smith home. When our boys were little, our family began an exercise in thanks-living, which became a yearly tradition for us. […]

child loss / Grief / Trauma / Widowhood

The Binder of My Wounds

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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

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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 […]