Loss

Losing My Daddy, Being Held by My Abba

There were times that I did not think I would ever feel happy again, ever feel joy or peace again. There are many times even now, seven months later, I don’t. But I am held by my Abba.

New Chapters

Despite the fact that so many (in fact all of us) will experience loss and grief, as people of our culture, we know little about it, find it very uncomfortable to talk about, and are generally hesitant to enter into the grief of another.

With Thanksgiving & Deep Appreciation

I can’t believe we’re in the month of Thanksgiving 2023 and the month of the first anniversary of this blog, Becoming Me Without You.

Sharing Grief, Remembering Joy

Grieving is a deep and solitary work, but in the midst of my regret and sorrow, God has tenderly reassured me that as His beloved daughter, my deepest being has nothing to prove and nothing to lose.

The God of all Losses

Grieving is a deep and solitary work, but in the midst of my regret and sorrow, God has tenderly reassured me that as His beloved daughter, my deepest being has nothing to prove and nothing to lose.

Secondary Losses

When your partner dies you lose so much more than a person. For awhile you even lose yourself. When the initial grief fog lifts and you don’t recognize that person in the mirror, you wonder who you are now.

Alone But Not Alone

I guess what I am saying is that God is filling me with His presence through the people He has placed around me. How can I feel alone?

A Softer & Gentler Grief

I thought I had grieved with others in their losses, as was only biblical. I learned that I really never had. I didn’t have a clue. Real grief is raw; it is painful.

You’re So Strong

“You’re so strong!” These words, meant to be encouraging, actually feel more like a heavy weight has been added to an already exhausting burden. We don’t feel strong.

When a Family Caregiver is No Longer a Caregiver

“Things are not as they were
Things are not as they should be
Things are not as they could be
Things are not as they will be
They are what they are
And God is in the center
Of what they are”