According to my mother, I was an easy child to parent. Until I wasn’t…and that happened around the age of 12. That’s when the challenge of parenting me began…from my mom’s perspective. I’d never really taken the time to think about what parenting me has looked like from God’s perspective.…
This journey of learning to grieve with hope has not been easy. It has taken me nearly two years to make it through this book. There have been months between reading chapters. I simply wasn’t ready for some of the topics covered. I’ve had to put the book away for…
Surrender. A word I had never associated with grief. Yet, when you lose a loved one there is little you can do. You can’t bring them back. Rarely can your questions of “Why?” be answered. When considering just these two…it makes sense why grief does in fact require surrender. My…
God has a plan for each of our lives. We can’t see the end from the beginning, nor tomorrow from today. All we have is each moment. That is why it is so important that we make the most of the moments we’re given. We never know when we’ll be…
When you lose a loved one unexpectedly anger is sure to be part of your grief at some point. You may find yourself angry towards God, yourself or even your loved one depending on how you lost them. It is perfectly normal to be faced with anger on your grief journey.…
When someone you love passes away regret becomes part of your grief journey. Whenever we look back on our lives there is always something we regret. Losing a loved one causes us to reflect on things we did wrong, what we should have done or could have said. Regret will…
While the losses that I have faced in my life have not been caused by the fault of a person, I have still had my own struggles with forgiveness. Many of my own life decisions have required me to forgive those that I did not want to forgive, people who…
I’ve made life decisions that have led to divorce, being a single mom and then remarriage, this has not helped me become a very positive adult. Instead I tend to look at reality and live more on the glass is half empty side of life. I have been working hard…
The typical questions of people in the midst of grief begin with the word, why. This is especially true of those that have lost someone they love due to tragedy and their heartbreak is even more intense than in normal loss. We long to know why our loved one was taken away…
While my husband and children weren’t directly affected by the recent loss of my best friend, my grief has still been a family affair because it affected them. My family has walked this grief journey with me in amazing ways. Their support has not made the pain go away nor could…
