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Grief
November 2, 2025
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By Shari Strosser

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…

Grief
November 1, 2025
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By Meagan Connolly

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…

Don’t Stop Talking about Your Loved Ones in Heaven

Grief
October 9, 2025
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By Kalan Krueger

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,…

Faith
September 23, 2025
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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…

I’ll Never Stop Looking for Signs from My Parents

Grief
September 11, 2025
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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…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
August 27, 2025
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By Stephanie Mitchell

12 Weeks Was Long Enough to Dream

You weren’t planned. The surprise of all surprises, to say the least. But this is not how your story was…

Grief
August 21, 2025
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By Divine Leonardo

I Thought about My Dad Again Today

Today, I thought about my dad—just like I do every day. There was nothing special about today. It’s not his…

I’d Give Nearly Anything to Call My Dad Again

Grief
July 29, 2025
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By Trina Rehberg Boyko

I’d Give Nearly Anything to Call My Dad Again

It hit me at the most unexpected time. I was doing laundry, and threw one of my dad’s shirts in…

Grief Isn’t Something You Get Over, It’s Something You Grow Around

Grief
June 21, 2025
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By Tess Ezzy

Grief Isn’t Something You Get Over, It’s Something You Grow Around

After my grandmother died, I expected grief to follow some kind of order. Maybe not a checklist, exactly—but something linear.…

Grief
June 15, 2025
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By Natasha Smith

Love Like This Never Really Leaves

I found my graduation picture in my dad’s wallet. It’s one of the last things I physically have of his…

Faith, Grief
June 8, 2025
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By Mary Kate Hampton

Communion with Ghosts

This was the first sacrament without one of my parents. For the last one, my mom was in the throes…

Grief, Living
May 24, 2025
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By Kim Hanson

Oak Bay

The sun is shining when I leave our hotel. My burgundy puffer seems like it will suffice, but the chill…

grieving

Grief Shows Up Whenever It Wants

The View from the Hospital Recliner

Don’t Stop Talking about Your Loved Ones in Heaven

God Gives Hope To the Brokenhearted

I’ll Never Stop Looking for Signs from My Parents

12 Weeks Was Long Enough to Dream

I Thought about My Dad Again Today

I’d Give Nearly Anything to Call My Dad Again

Grief Isn’t Something You Get Over, It’s Something You Grow Around

Love Like This Never Really Leaves

Communion with Ghosts

Oak Bay

Get It Now

So God Made a Mother