Grief / Parenting / Solo Parenting / Widowhood

Self-Care for the Widow and Solo Parent

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Y’all, I’m tired! I’m so tired, my tired is tired! I very nearly fell asleep driving today. My body is telling me to REST! But self-care is often the last […]

child loss / faith / Grief / Grief Support / Resources / Solo Parenting / Thoughts Journal / Widowhood / Womanhood

Leighann McCoy Podcast

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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

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Anorexia vs Faith

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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 […]

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 […]

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.

faith / Grief / Widowhood

Manna & Mercy Every Morning

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Three years ago, today, I stood in a hospital corridor, praying over this man. His nurse had called and said he was crashing and would likely be gone before I […]

child loss / faith / Grief / Widowhood

Walk Worthy, Because He is Worthy

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Facing 2022 was just hard. My first year without him in it. A milestone that felt more like a millstone — tied about my neck and dragging me under, as […]

faith / Grief / Widowhood

Not Strong, And That’s Okay

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Can we just be real?I’m not as strong as some people think I am.There. I said it. I could lie to you and say that I wasn’t sobbing in my […]

faith / Grief / Widowhood

The Blessing of Suffering

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Long before Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes released their song called “The Blessing,” Jeremy used to end our Sunday morning services with the benediction from Numbers 6. It’s a lovely […]

cancer / faith / Grief / Parenting / Trauma / Widowhood

Daddy’s Girl

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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 […]

cancer / Child Loss / faith / Grief / Widowhood

God Can, But What If He Doesn’t?

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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. […]

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

I’ll Give Thanks Anyway

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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 […]