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"I still remember the accident. Who could forget the horror of it? But I also remember what has happened since. Who would want to...
A Young Widow's Reflections on Chronic Illness, Loss, Grief and Faith
A Young Widow's Reflections on Chronic Illness, Loss, Grief and Faith
"I still remember the accident. Who could forget the horror of it? But I also remember what has happened since. Who would want to...
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....
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...
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...
(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: 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...
"No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly." - Psalm 84:11 I came across this verse this morning in my Psalms...
"Analyzed afresh and repudiated my base desire to do something for God in the sight of man, rather than to be something, regardless of...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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"...
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...
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...
My counselor told me about a saying her daughter uses: "Follow the breadcrumbs". The breadcrumbs that are the slow unveiling of your life...
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...
The family leaves and the loneliness returns. I am searching for something - someone- to take away the loneliness. P isn't the answer. ...
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...