Dear Friend, This is How You Can Support a Mother After Child Loss
First of all, you’re a great friend if you are reading this. Child loss is the depth of despair, the lowest valley, the deepest hurt. At least…
Continue Reading
Tag
Grief
We are an Adoption Success Story—and it’s Still Hard
November is National Adoption Awareness month and over the years we’ve been an adoptive family, my feelings about this month have run the…
Continue Reading
How the Family of Texas Newlyweds Killed Just Hours After Their Wedding is Inspiring Thousands
It doesn’t take much searching to find heartache amongst us. It feels like every morning we wake up to another news story that breaks us,…
Continue Reading
If I Could Talk to the Girl Who Just Lost Her Mom
If I could sit down beside the 25-year-old me . . . The one sobbing and screaming uncontrollably on the floor the day my mom died,…
Continue Reading
When Faith Feels Faint
Faith is an important characteristic for every follower of Jesus, but I’m beginning to think we have a misconception about it what it means to…
Continue Reading
It’s OK to Just Listen
Grief makes us uncomfortable. Being face to face with someone else’s intense sadness is really hard. In my life, people feel doubly awkward because…
Continue Reading
To the Grandparents Who Have Lost A Grandchild, We See You
It’s a heartbreaking moment; a period in life where all hope is lost. A dark cloud of grief consumes you and a piece of your heart is gone forever…
Continue Reading
When the Doorbell is Silent on Halloween Night
The doorbell rings. You grab the bowl of candy and head to the door. As the door swings open, you hear the rustle of plastic bags and the thudding of…
Continue Reading
This is Life After the Death of Your Mother
So when the sun rises one morning and it hits you that I am forever gone, I hope the love I had left you with is more than enough to ease your pain.…
Continue Reading
Today, You Should Be Ten
I remember the exact moment as if it was yesterday. “One more push,” the doctor said. It was about to get real. Way too real. “My baby is…
Continue Reading