In the beginning, I visited daily. Sometimes more than once a day. My trips to the cemetery to sit at my husband’s grave are absolutely precious to me. It’s where I spend a lot of time praying, weeping, “talking” to Chris, and thinking. He’s buried in a beautiful memorial park in a section that sits…
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who…
If you’re popping over from my post on A Widow’s Might today, I’m so thrilled to say “welcome”! One of the tangible ways God has poured out His lavish love on me these past 8 months of grief is through a group I have affectionately dubbed my Core Four! My Core Four is not a…
During these 8 months of new widowhood, I’ve learned a lot – more than I ever carried to know, if truth be told. I’ve learned that my emotions love to ride roller coasters. I’ve discovered that there is no true “pattern” to grief. I’ve figured out that the “Leah before May 3/4” is so different…
You know the expression, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” For me, I’m finding that to be very true. I had a hard day yesterday. (OK – I need to get real. I’ve had a hard several weeks.) Anyway, as I was thinking about Chris (like I do ALL the time), I suddenly realized that…
I’m not sure where to start after my last post. That was a painful one to write, but it came in the midst of a very painful season of my grief journey. One thing I’ve strived to do throughout this process is be as transparent as I feel safe in doing, because I want people…
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