“A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his…
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Category: Grief
You think you know love. You do love. … Yet, you do not know love completely. Yes, this is a bold statement. I am sure…
After a miscarriage and years of trying to have a baby, I spent 9 ecstatic months waiting anxiously for Caleb’s arrival. Those 9 months were…
On June 10, 2018 when a pair of cops walked up my sidewalk, an avalanche swept me off my feet. I had no choice but…
Many Americans will dislike something and say ‘that just kills me’. They will say the same phrase when something is hilarious. Unfortunately, this leads to…
Many of us at Oak Leaf Church are reading through the Bible chronologically this year. Today Donna and I started the book of Job. Today…
In a previous post (Canny Clever Caleb Chess), I described how Caleb came to love astronomy at age seven and promised to work for NASA.…
I didn’t think this would be so hard. Writing is difficult. Writing on emotional topics is difficult for many people. I would hug, kiss, and…
Smoldering ache of loss When I first found out about each of my children’s deaths, an explosion of grief consumed my heart. Each time the…
I was determined to make space, inner space for a poem. Loss made everything sharp. I suffer from these brief weekends, the tearing up of…
