I went to a funeral recently. It wasn’t my first one since my husband died, but it didn’t feel any easier. The first funeral I attended after Mark died was my Grandma’s. It was… { read more }
I have to tell you the story of Charlie and how he came to be part of our family. As I’ve written before, Gman has had a really hard time without his Dad here.… { read more }
It wasn’t long after losing my husband when I found myself in a phase of needing as much information as I could get about grieving. I was craving a road map, a neat instruction… { read more }
Happy New Year! It’s so good to be back! I love spending time with my family during Christmas, but I missed this space. I was thinking about all of you a lot, wondering how… { read more }
Merry Christmas, Friends! Celebrating the birth of Christ today – the promise of God with us. It’s the beginning of the sacrifice made for you…and me. It’s the extra grace in human form. It’s… { read more }
Life is CRAZY right now!!! December with kids is not for the weak! You’ve all been on my mind all week so I wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know… { read more }
Recently Lolo had a weekend retreat with the 7th grade girls in her confirmation class. She was supposed to be at church by 7:15 a.m. Saturday morning. I let her pack her things and… { read more }
Recently a friend of mine reached out to me for advice. Her brother lost his wife this year and this will be his first Christmas without her. She had the realization that the one… { read more }
Today would have been our 13th Wedding Anniversary. We were only given eleven together on this earth, but we packed a lifetime of love into that decade plus one. It is true that the… { read more }
If You Knew If you knew the heartache, would you comfort? If you knew the exhaustion, would you offer relief? If you knew the sorrow, would you give an embrace? If you knew the… { read more }