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To the Friend Who Just Lost a Parent: It’s Going to Hurt and You’re Going to Grow

Grief, Grown Children, Loss
March 20, 2023
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5 Minute Read

By Meg Sexton

To the Friend Who Just Lost a Parent: It’s Going to Hurt and You’re Going to Grow

Oh, the inevitable, as we age into our mid to late 30s and beyond. The natural series of life states…

Faith, Grief, Loss
March 18, 2023
937 Views
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By Tiffany Nardoni

Your Brother Is With Jesus Now

“Thao is with Jesus now,” we told her, barely choking out the whisper. Jesus. This invisible being we sing about.…

Don’t Delete the Picture You Think You Look Bad In

Grief, Living, Loss
March 17, 2023
206 Views
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By Deanna Adamo

Don’t Delete the Picture You Think You Look Bad In

Don't delete the picture—the one you look bad in. I said it. You heard me. Don’t delete the picture, that…

Things that Hurt and Things that Help after Someone You Love Has a Miscarriage

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
March 14, 2023
290 Views
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By Jana Plucinski

Things that Hurt and Things that Help after Someone You Love Has a Miscarriage

I am sadly no stranger to pregnancy loss. Out of seven pregnancies, I have been blessed with one beautiful boy…

Even When You Can’t Find Joy, Jesus Is There

Faith, Grief, Loss
March 12, 2023
285 Views
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By Jenny Marcelene

Even When You Can’t Find Joy, Jesus Is There

The international church service was vibrant with voices lifted up in songs of praise. Many clapped their hands and some…

Faith, Grief, Loss
March 11, 2023
196 Views
4 Minute Read

By Trisha Hawk

He Mends Our Broken Hearts

Rays of soft sunlight streamed through the curtain onto the hospital bed. I stepped to the edge of the bed,…

Grief, Loss
March 9, 2023
199 Views
3 Minute Read

By Deanna Adamo

This Is As Close to Heaven As I Can Get

I have sat here a million times over my life—on good days, on bad days, with friends, with family. I…

10 Things Bereaved Parents Want You to Know about Child Loss

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
March 8, 2023
985 Views
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By Lindsey Henke

10 Things Bereaved Parents Want You to Know about Child Loss

My first baby died. After a perfect full-term pregnancy, she was stillborn. That was 10 years ago. Ten years I’ve…

Grief, Grown Children, Loss
March 7, 2023
1.2K Views
3 Minute Read

By Brooke Honeycutt

“He’s Gone.”

That heart-wrenching moment when I received that phone call—the one that completely shattered life as I knew it. “He’s gone,”…

She’s My Rainbow Baby, but I Wasn’t Ready

Baby, Grief, Loss, Motherhood
February 22, 2023
662 Views
2 Minute Read

By Justine Basnett

She’s My Rainbow Baby, but I Wasn’t Ready

On January 30, 2021 we lost our baby boy. I'd carried him for nearly 15 weeks when my water unexpectedly…

Grief, Loss
February 19, 2023
218 Views
3 Minute Read

By Lindsey Carson

In Time, Beauty Grows from Grief

Spring stirs up emotions within me that bring on reflection. I watch the death of winter sink into the ground…

I Am Not the Same After Loss, But God’s Love Is

Faith, Grief, Loss
February 17, 2023
379 Views
5 Minute Read

By Hadassah Treu

I Am Not the Same After Loss, But God’s Love Is

Have you experienced that feeling when you don't want to wake up but continue sleeping and dreaming the wonderful dream…

Loss

To the Friend Who Just Lost a Parent: It’s Going to Hurt and You’re Going to Grow

Your Brother Is With Jesus Now

Don’t Delete the Picture You Think You Look Bad In

Things that Hurt and Things that Help after Someone You Love Has a Miscarriage

Even When You Can’t Find Joy, Jesus Is There

He Mends Our Broken Hearts

This Is As Close to Heaven As I Can Get

10 Things Bereaved Parents Want You to Know about Child Loss

“He’s Gone.”

She’s My Rainbow Baby, but I Wasn’t Ready

In Time, Beauty Grows from Grief

I Am Not the Same After Loss, But God’s Love Is

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