5 Ways to Comfort Grievers
May 8, 2023
Allen is home. We’re all hurting. When unspeakable tragedy hits, here are five ways to comfort grievers during tough times.
Blog Category: healing
10 Tips for Grieving Forward
February 21, 2022
Grief is challenging, but you don’t have to stay stuck. You can grieve forward. Here are 10 helpful tips from a mom who lost her three year old son.
Confessions of a Recovering Nickel-A-Holic
March 21, 2019
Sometimes you’re deep in a toxic relationship and can’t see the signs. I know because it happened to me. It started at age eleven. I counted down the days until my 11th birthday when I could get my ears pierced. The girls at the piercing store let me select earrings (hypo-allergenic stainless steel hearts). They drew dots on my ears with a marker, placed the […]
Grace for the Holiday Griever (Part 3 of 3)
December 23, 2017
Receiving Grace (Part 3 of “Grace for the Holiday Griever” blog series) No amount of presents under the tree or holiday glad tidings could fill the void. Everything seemed immaterial. It was our first Christmas without our son, and life felt empty and hallow. During this time, God revealed his deep love for the grieving heart. It showed up in special cards from people who […]
Grace For The Holiday Griever (Part 2 of 3)
December 11, 2017
Part 2: Honoring Your Loved One With Grace We got the Christmas boxes down from the attic and started unpacking. A surge of emotion hit as I pulled out our four stockings (Doug, Kristin, Sydney, and Jenson). It was our first Christmas without our son Jenson, and it flashed me back to our first dinner out after he passed away. “How many in your […]
Reading Between the Lines
May 21, 2016
I remember the day the doctor told us more about the surgery. He would go in through the front of the neck cutting a two inch incision. The front. A two inch incision. Would it look like someone slit my neck? Would the scar become the new focal point of my appearance? Fears swirled around in my head. The doctor answered the questions before I had time to ask […]
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