Tag: loss
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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…
Braving Authenticity 