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CONFESSIONS OF A LIKELY WIDOW

A Young Widow's Reflections on Chronic Illness, Loss, Grief and Faith

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This is Good Too

"I still remember the accident. Who could forget the horror of it? But I also remember what has happened since. Who would want to...

Accepting the Gifts

All of life is grace. Yesterday, I was walking to my car after meeting with a student on campus and feeling happy. The sun was shining....

The Conduit and the Source

Yesterday I was talking to a friend about fear. Fears that I have for the future - for any changes that I might make. I look back and I...

All I Need, I Have in Christ

Psalm 139 has been a favorite of mine since college - maybe even high school. In those years as I struggled with my identity, this Psalm...

Losing People

(written 2/10/22 - posted late) Yesterday was triggering. HW let me know that his kids won't be returning to the same school that they...

The Middle

The Middle: Audrey Assad Hey Don't write yourself off yet It's only in your head you feel left out Or looked down on Just try your best...

Lacking No Good Thing

"No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly." - Psalm 84:11 I came across this verse this morning in my Psalms...

Being Instead of Doing

"Analyzed afresh and repudiated my base desire to do something for God in the sight of man, rather than to be something, regardless of...

So Confused

I can't stop thinking about HW. He came over yesterday to help me with a home repair, and ended up being here for 3.5 hours - with 2...

One Day at a Time

I realized today that I still have to live one day at a time. That God's will unfolds one day at a time. His leading happens one day at...

Trying Self-Care & Identity Crisis

I got a hair cut this week. A professional hair cut. At a salon. That cost over $100. And then I even bought the two products that...

A Love That's Better than Life

My crazy heart has been all over the place this week. Absolutely shredded emotionally from grieving G's death and all that led up to it....

Trusting God and Learning from Jim

Over the past couple months - maybe longer - I've become a bit obsessed with Jim and Elisabeth Elliot. I've known of them and their...

His Purposes for G

Since writing about Psalm 57 earlier this morning, I've been thinking about how it applies to G. One of the hard things when a "young"...

His Purposes for Me

I have felt so lost this year. I don't want to glamorize or simplify what life was like when G was alive, because the truth is that life...

Deliverance

Looking at G's life, you wouldn't think that he had been delivered from trouble. Trouble seemed to be a present companion. Abused as a...

Follow the Breadcrumbs

My counselor told me about a saying her daughter uses: "Follow the breadcrumbs". The breadcrumbs that are the slow unveiling of your life...

Lazarus & Wondering Why

For years, the story of Lazarus in the Bible has stood out to me. A friend of Jesus' becomes ill - deathly ill. Jesus is a mere 20 miles...

Loneliness

The family leaves and the loneliness returns. I am searching for something - someone- to take away the loneliness. P isn't the answer. ...

Day One of Year Two

I made it to the other side of yesterday. By God's grace alone I lived through another day that I never would've thought was possible...

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