When Someone You Love Walks Away, It Hurts
There’s a kind of loss rarely talked about. It doesn’t come with a funeral service or casseroles from friends. There’s…
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By Sarah McPherson Seeing Her Children Suffer Hurts a Mother’s Heart
Another seizure. I watch my daughter’s face crumble. Not just from the pain, but from the weight of it all,…
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By Elizabeth Pershing Youth Hockey Has Given Us Bonus Family
An open letter to youth hockey: The tape is still wet on the stick of my second-year bantam who ended…
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Grief Shows Up Whenever It Wants
My dad has been gone for over a year. The grief has gotten better, as I had been told it…
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The View from the Hospital Recliner
The time was roughly 9:30 p.m. when I walked into room 108 with my overnight bag, pillow in hand, and…
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Don’t Stop Talking about Your Loved Ones in Heaven
I often cry when I remember him. It is common for me to tear up when he enters the conversation,…
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By Kara Helton God, Did You See Me as My Heart Shattered?
Trigger warning: This post discusses the death of a child. God, did you see me? There in the family waiting…
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By Heather Goodwin The Love Was Real for the Baby I Never Got To Meet—and So Is the Grief
Grief is supposed to follow rules. A beginning, a middle, an end. A reason. A name. But what happens when…
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By Izzy Koo God Gives Hope To the Brokenhearted
A little over a year ago, four girls at Pepperdine—no, four beautiful friends—passed away tragically in a car accident. I…
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By Marissa Bader I’ll Never Stop Looking for Signs from My Parents
Do you believe in signs? I do. I find them everywhere. In the tree my siblings planted at our cabin…
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By Mel Landers I’m Not a Sports Mom
I’m not a sports mom. We aren’t a sports family. My husband loves video games. He doesn’t like football. I…
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By Pallavi Srivastava My Mother Is Strength and Grace
Forty-nine years. Almost half a century. For many, that’s a lifetime. That’s how long they were married. Losing my dad…
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