6 Gentle Strategies For Navigating Grief
Someone let my family down in a very painful way this past week. Someone we wholly trusted with all we…
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Grief Never Goes Away, But it Gets Easier
When I lost my father unexpectedly, I felt like my life stopped along with his. I wondered how I would…
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Losing Your Mom is a Different Sort of Grief
February 3rd . . . a day that changed my life forever. It was the day my Mom went to…
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The Sacred Work of Tearing and Mending
Maybe if we still tore our clothes today, people would understand the grief we’re experiencing, I think to myself as…
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Jesus is There Even When You’re Not Sure You Want Him
I grew up going to church. Every Sunday, my parents got us four kids up and going, and we’d head…
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Please Don’t Tell Her How To Grieve
Please, don’t tell her how to grieve . . . She’s in the kitchen washing dishes with her back to…
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Don’t Feel Sorry For Me Because I Had a Miscarriage
I always worry when I meet new people. Whether it be at the playground or in a moms group, because…
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6 Ways To Cherish Your Mother Today, From a Daughter Who Misses Hers
I was 34 years old when I lost my mom. She had ovarian cancer. She always said she would be…
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Dear Grieving Mom, Do Not Stay Silent
I never knew what rock bottom felt like until I lost my first child in the womb. I never understood…
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You’re Still Allowed To Grieve the Loss of a Toxic Mother
I’d thought many times about how I’d feel the day my mom died. It wouldn’t be a celebration by any…
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God Holds This Grieving Heart
It wasn't supposed to look like this. Grief wasn't supposed to steal our dreams, our hopes, our future. Death wasn't…
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Learning To Lean Into Grief
Almost two years ago I lost one of my best friends to breast cancer. I remember the phone call when…
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