A couple of weeks ago in my Kissed By Heaven post, I noted how God had directed someone to bring cut flowers from her garden to me at work. I won’t repeat the entire store here (if you haven’t read it…just click on the link above to do so), but I can’t stress enough how…
As the battle with grief continues to rage within me, I find I still struggle… I struggle with suppressing my joyous memories of Chris, because they always end in heartbreaking tears. But, I also know that bottling my emotions isn’t healthy. I’m just so tired of crying. I struggle with doubt. I so often doubt…
I experienced more “firsts” this past weekend that led to quite a few tears, but I do believe they were healing tears. I went to visit my in-laws in Virginia. This was my first trip back to my husband’s homeland since he died last month (outside of a memorial service that was held for him…
This week has been dark. Very, very dark. I re-entered the crevices of the caves of grief in places I haven’t been since the immediate days following Chris’ death. The darkness was literally suffocating me. I wanted to curl up in a ball…but, I still had to function…if for nobody else…for my sweet girl! I…
Today marks the 40th day of my grief journey…my walk through a difficult desert. May 3 was the day my beloved Chris went to be with the Lord. May 4 is the day he was “declared dead”, because his body was found that day. May 4 is the day that his death certificate and his…
After a very difficult 24-36 hours, today has been…well…pretty amazing and saturated with the goodness of God. I’ve been praying since Chris went to be with Jesus last month that God would allow me to dream a sweet dream about him at night (and then be able to remember the dream the next morning). Last…
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