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…
Going through the motions. That’s what I’m doing these days. The motions…of simply living, that is. I wake. I perform my morning routine.I arrive at work. I perform my workday routine.I return home. I perform my evening routine. Sometimes, I just sit…performing my “nothingness routine”. As I pondered this last night, I began to think…
I’m trying so hard. I’ve never fought the tears back as much as I have this week. I don’t want to cry. I really, really don’t. I’ve cried enough tears to start a new lake in the last 7 ½ months. Why can’t this week just be different? This week we celebrate the greatest gift…
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