Tag: Grief
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When the Road We Imagined Changes
For my dear friend Shauna and her family—As you walk through a season you never expected, carrying both the weight of grief and the gift of a precious grandson, may you know that God is near, that your tears are seen, and that His love for Baker is greater than anything we could ever imagine.…
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My Journey Out of Shame
“Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.” — Brené Brown There is a question that has quietly followed me for much of my adult life. “Was I enough?” Was I a good enough wife? A good enough mother? A good enough Christian? Could I have loved harder? Prayed…
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Before the Next Goodbye
In Honor of My Friend, Ralf This week, my heart was reminded of a truth I wish I didn’t have to learn again. A dear friend passed away unexpectedly in a tragic accident. One moment, life was unfolding as it always had. The next, everything had changed. News like this has a way of silencing…
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Rebuilding From the Rubble
People often speak about divorce as though it is a singular event. A date on a calendar. A signed document. A legal ending. But anyone who has walked through it knows that divorce is not one loss. It is a thousand losses. It is not simply the death of a marriage. It is the dismantling…
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Hugging Hope in the Ruins
There are endings that rearrange furniture. And then there are endings that rearrange you. When significant relationships come to an end—through divorce, death, estrangement, or quiet unraveling—it can feel like the architecture of your life has collapsed. The rooms are still there, but the meaning inside them is gone. The rhythms you once knew by…
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Making Room for the Ache
Reconciling the Weight We Carry There is a heaviness in the air right now.It’s not loud, but it’s everywhere. You can feel it in conversations that trail off mid-sentence.In the way people sigh before answering, “I’m fine.”In the exhaustion behind smiles that used to come easily. We are all being smothered by something—grief, fear, uncertainty,…
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Beautiful Tension
There is a quiet lie we sometimes believe: that joy and suffering cannot exist in the same space. That if life is heavy, joy must be absent. That if grief is present, gratitude must be forced or fake. But I am learning—slowly and tenderly—that this is not how God works. Joy does not wait until…
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Lament, Love and Light
This has been a week of significant grieving. I have felt the weight of division, the seething anger of intolerance, the separation of humanity, and the ache of bloodshed. I have felt the separation and have grieved the distance of ideologies—how beliefs and perspectives can pull people apart, even those who deeply care for one…
Braving Authenticity 