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THE GRIEF TRAIN
This isn't mine, but it is so beautifully written that I wanted to share it with you.
The Grief Train
When the grief train pulled ...
THE IMPORTANCE OF EMBRACING GRIEF
Jesus didn’t tell Mary and Martha to be thankful. He wept with them.
So many people have told me through the years that I should be th...
FAITH IN THE MIDST OF GRIEF: TRUSTING GOD’S WILL
Very early in my grief, not even a month after Bob moved to Heaven, someone from church said to me that we must not have had enough fai...
UNFINISHED LOVE: MY THOUGHTS ON THE EVE OF MY 60th BIRTHDAY.
I wasn't done loving him! This is a birthday that he didn't get. I wanted to celebrate his 60th birthday with him. I want ...
SURVIVING A BROKEN HEART: EMBRACING GRIEF AS A TESTAMENT TO LOVE
Remember what the Tin Man said in the Wizard of Oz after he finally got a heart: “Now I know I've got a heart because it’s breaking.” W...
CARRYING HIS GLIMMER
A glimmer is a micro moment of feeling safe enough, connected enough, organized enough. It's those small moments that spark joy or peac...
EMBRACING THE LAST ACT OF LOVE: CARRYING THE CROSS OF LOSS
Henry Cordonnier, a widower from Russia, Ohio, wrote what I feel when I say, "Honey, I'll do this for us." He writes:
"Usua...
THE EVERLASTING CYCLE OF GRIEF: LOVE’S ENDURING IMPACT
The statement above is is so true as we journey through the cycle of grief. I was so blessed. In what has become affectionately known a...
EMBRACING THE “TIGGER” IN LIFE: CHOOSING POSITIVITY ADMIDST ADVERSITY
In Randy Pausch's Last Lecture, he says that very early in life, we all make a decision that is perfectly captured by Winnie-the-Pooh c...
GRIEF AND MYSTERY: FINDING HOPE AND LIGHT ADMIST SUFFERING
Billy Graham often spoke of "the mystery and reality of evil and suffering." Mystery implies that we can't comprehend or don't understa...