A Young Widow's Reflections on Chronic Illness, Loss, Grief and Faith

CONFESSIONS OF A LIKELY WIDOW
A Young Widow's Reflections on Chronic Illness, Loss, Grief and Faith
Morning After Thoughts
This hurts. I woke up and it still hurts. But it does feels a little different - or maybe I'm just getting some clarity. I tried way too...
The One Where My Vulnerable Heart Gets Hurt
I was friend-zoned but I was doubting it. After all, the next day he was flirting with me over text again like nothing had happened. So...
Friend-Zoned
I was friend-zoned HARD last night It stings. It's disappointing. My friendship with HW has grown since we first met in November and our...
Mother's Day 2022
It's Mother's Day again. My second without G here. I truly can't remember last year. What did we do? Did we celebrate? I feel sure...
How to Help a Grieving Friend
A friend of mine recently asked how she could help her dear friend whose husband died unexpectedly. It's hard for me to remember much...
Trust Fall
Today I'm taking a big leap. A trust fall off a cliff, waiting for Jesus to catch me. We fly to Bogota, Colombia today. First time back...
Galactic Thunder
It's been a big week. Saturday was P's 8th birthday party. We also went to G's favorite restaurant (Buffalo Wild Wings) in his honor and...
Down to One
I took my wedding band off of my right hand last night. And now I'm down to one ring. Later this week, I travel with my son to a country...
It's April
It's April. The month I've been dreading. The month I've tried to put off by looking the other way, not flipping the calendar to take a...
Blenders & Waves
Shortly after G died, I began hearing the metaphor that grief comes in waves. It recedes and comes, recedes and comes, over and over...
Courage, Dear Heart
“But no one except Lucy knew that as it circled the mast it had whispered to her, "Courage, dear heart," and the voice, she felt sure,...
One Thing is Vital
What do I need... I mean really need... to survive this life? I used to think (let's go back to high school here) that it was my horse. ...
No Wrong Road?
We tend to obsess over finding God's will for our lives. I see this all the time in the college students that I work with. One season is...
Breadcrumb Trails and Patches of Light
For a long time now, I've been saying that I feel like I was dropped off of a cliff into a dark room. A room with no doors and no...
Only Jesus
Only Jesus can tell me who I am Only Jesus sees Only Jesus loves me fully with a love that can satisfy Only Jesus knows my future Only...
Can I Crash?
I've been really brave lately. Booking flights and planning trips without G. He always did these things for us. Getting ready to go out...
Worry is a Liar
We went to St. Thomas in January of 2020. I was so worried. So many things could go wrong. What if G got Zika? What if he had a health...
This is Good Too
"I still remember the accident. Who could forget the horror of it? But I also remember what has happened since. Who would want to...
Accepting the Gifts
All of life is grace. Yesterday, I was walking to my car after meeting with a student on campus and feeling happy. The sun was shining....



















