Today marks the official “two months ‘til Christmas” warning. Today also marks 25 weeks since my husband first disappeared into the woods to take his own life. Sadly, he succeeded. In 25 weeks, I’ve… -seen the beauty of God’s Comfort -felt pain like never before -experienced an outpouring of love from my Christian and non-Christian…
Disclaimer: This isn’t a pretty post. You know the kind? The one as my friend, Carol, would say that I try to write – regardless of how painful – and end up tying a pretty bow of inspiration on top at the end. Nope. Not today. So, if you’re in the mood to be inspired…come…
October 6, 2007 – My first adventure to Molly’s Knob with my sweet Chris. He had been wanting to take me up there, and me – the girl ALWAYS up for just about any adventure – was happy to oblige. Chris at Hungry Mother Lake – right before our ascent up Molly’s Knob Trail! …
I told her my last name and simply stated I was there to pick up a prescription. “Leah Gillen?” she asked. I was a bit surprised when she called out my first name too without even looking it up in the computer or anything. Further she explained, “I filled your prescription much earlier today, and…
Chris – my Superman! I’ve had so many people stress to me the importance of journaling since the death of my sweet Chris. As a lover of words, you would think that would be easy for me. But, it hasn’t been. I’ve journaled some, but I’ve blogged a lot more. I think the blog posts…
Thank you so much for your encouraging and sweet comments regarding Anna’s blog post yesterday. God has really blessed me with her, and I can’t believe He chose me to be her mother! I know that I know that I know that God has a most beautiful plan for her. Beautiful…because, it’s His plan! However,…
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