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Depression. The part of grief that no one talks about, but it’s the most real part of the process. The feeling of deep sadness over what was lost. Sadness over plans and dreams that will never come to fruition. The waves of depression come and go like the crashing of waves on the shore. SomeContinue reading “Grief Depression”

I was recently reflecting on a newly married couples class that is being offered  at my church. It made me think about what made my marriage to Rick different. Then it got me thinking about how no one asks my advice on marriage now that I no longer have a spouse. It’s funny how thatContinue reading “Marriage”

Some of you may be wondering where I have been at recently….why there hasn’t been a new post in a while… Rest assured, I didn’t forget about this page. No, my healing isn’t done and I’ve moved on. My healing probably won’t ever be done….and this will always be an outlet to process. Sorry….you’re stuckContinue reading “Grace Upon Grace”

Recently, a coworker and friend’s son went into the hospital for a stroke and a blood clot. When he took a turn for the worse, they went into the vein to remove the clot, which was blocking about 90% of it. Within days he was on the mend, and moved out of ICU into aContinue reading “The Voices in my Head”

When we lose someone close to us, even though it may not feel like it in the moment, we know there eventually will come a day when we reach that spot where you are okay again. Not just the canned response of “I’m okay” , but the truly being okay. And it’s weird when thatContinue reading “Cautiously Optimistic”

There are events that we remember very vividly, and very often. There are events that we remember, after something reminds us of it. Then there are events we don’t remember at all. One of the events that I think of often, and can still see vividly in my mind, even after almost 2 1/2 years,Continue reading “Rainbows”

In life we make plans, and set expectations on how things will go. But what happens when our expectations aren’t met? You get a new job. It’s your first day. You dress the part, excitedly show up for work. Your head swimming with ideas of how your day will go. But when you get there,Continue reading “Expectations”

Close your eyes an picture this scene: “It is a mid to late summer evening. It has been 90 degrees and unbearably humid. You see clouds roll in. They take the sky from a seemingly mid-day setting to dusk within a matter of minutes. You feel the wind pick up, circling around your body asContinue reading “Peace in the Storm”

I love when Social Media gives you the memories of things you had posted in the past. Sometimes the post you made 2 – 3 years, or more, before hit so much differently, and more deeply than when you originally wrote them. I came across one that I had made where I quoted the bookContinue reading “Pain in His Plans”

Have you ever prayed for something that you wanted with your whole heart and heard nothing back? No “wait,” “not yet,” or “I have something better.” What if the answer God gives you is silence?? I have not written in a while. Life has ramped up for me. I have a job that is goingContinue reading “When The Answer is Silence…..”