“And I will restore to you the years that the locusts hath eaten…” (Joel 2:25a KJV) I’ve clung to this promise from the book of Joel in God’s Word for years and years and years. I clung to it when I was a young girl, and my world came crashing down around me. I clung…
It’s here…the week, the days I’ve been dreading since my nightmare first began a year ago. This week represents the one-year anniversary of the most tragic event I’ve ever endured…my husband’s suicide. While his death certificate reflects May 4th as his date of death (and for all intensive purposes that’s the one I observe “officially”),…
I was simply dancing to “Just Dance 3” songs, as my daughter and I played with the Wii several months ago. I never felt a thing until the next morning when I stepped out of my bed and felt a pain I’d never experienced before. Hmmm…I must have pulled a muscle in my knee…or so…
Hi there! If you stopped by after reading my guest post over at The Scenic Route, welcome! I’m so thankful you stopped by my little “electronic oasis” today. As I near the anniversary of my husband’s suicide – just fifteen days away, I smile. Yes – you read that correctly…I smile. No, I don’t smile…
I’ll never forget that phone call just before 8:00 am the morning of April 16, 1993. I was a 3 month newlywed. My husband had already gone to the TV studio to do work for his broadcast communications degree that he was finishing up that last semester in college. Getting ready to hop in the…
I think this has to be the longest period of “non-blogging” I’ve done since Chris’ death 11 months ago today. I’m sure some have thought I’ve fallen off the edge of the earth, or perhaps I’ve been going through a period of intense grief again, or maybe I’ve just been busy with adoption fundraising. Well,…
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