Grief Recovery
Why Blame is a Heart Issue: Part 4 in the Trauma Series
I want to talk to you in this fourth installment of the trauma series about “Why blame is a heart issue.” So let’s just get started. This past weekend we got two of our older kids ready to take their next steps – one back to college for sophomore year and one to her new…
Read MoreFathers and Daughters: Reflections on Father’s Day with Baby on the Way and Dad Gone
Fathers and daughters share a special bond. Moms and daughters do too of course. But there is just something about dads and daughters. It’s special. it’s something that doesn’t go away, ever. It’s a love that makes you always feel protected, cared for, loved, admired and understood. It’s an example of how the Father loves us. Or if it doesn’t exist, it’s a way for God to fill in the cracks and love us like we’ve never understood.
Read MoreWhat I Learned About God from Losing my Dad
The father hole in our soul was never meant to be filled to completion by our earthly fathers and always meant to be filled by our heavenly father. To be in relationship with our heavenly father helps us when we all someday lose our Dads.
Read MoreConsider this Your Permission Slip to Let Yourself Grieve Physically
Have you ever wondered why grief feels so physical? Have you actually realized that it’s physical? Many people don’t and wonder why they drag. I’m here to tell you today that it IS physical and we need to give ourselves permission to grieve just as much when it is physical instead of pushing through it.
Read MoreHow God Has Used the Flu This Week to Help Me Declutter
Part of the reason I’m annoyed is because I’ve got clutter. Yeah, you know what I’m talking about. I’ve been in #decluttering mode in my house.
Read MoreHow God Used a UHaul Today to Speak to Me about Letting Go of Dead Weight
One of my recent realizations that feels like it’s taken me ten years to come to is that I don’t need to say, “I’m gonna write a book about that some day,” I just need to write. I hear friends talk about the everyday life stuff they go through, sharing what you don’t see on Facebook and it’s just proof that we’re all going through stuff and we all need to talk about ALL of it.
Read MoreHow Someone’s Passing I Did Not Know Personally Touched my Heart
I guess I had to share this because it’s not often I feel this deeply connected to the loss of someone I did not know. I also can’t help but think of every single person who loved her especially her husband and her sons. There is no doubt I will be thinking of this family on the day my brother graduates this weekend.
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