Otherwise known at 364 days after G died. His favorite way to refer to someone who loved Jesus dying and going to be with him was...

I did it last night. During my GriefShare group we watched a video about Heaven. In the video, they discussed that it's important to be...

Last night at Grief Share, I was reminded that there is danger in taking on the identity of a griever. I am in grief, yes. I am a widow....

Thanksgiving. My first one without G since he came with me to Massachusetts in 2006. He had just had his first cardiac arrest,...

Life is about Jesus So let me hope in Him The lover of my soul Who saved me from my sin Christmas is about Jesus So let me rejoice in Him...

I'm always looking for an escape route. When G was sick, it was sometimes denial, sometimes anger, sometimes fantasizing about what life...

"For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in." I feel forsaken sometimes. Alone. Forgotten maybe - but...

This morning, as I spent time reading the Psalms and listening to my favorite podcast - some new perspective came to mind that I felt I...

One of the hardest parts of grief lately is realizing that I have to let go of G. I have to let go of our relationship and the life we...

I left a meeting this morning and looked at my phone. I missed call and voicemail from my mom urging me to call her, and a text message...

Today is 8 months since G died. It's been 8 months since he sat across from me at the table where I am sitting now and drank a glass of...

Today is Wednesday and G's Memorial Service is on Saturday. 3 days. Yesterday, P and I went to our church for a final planning meeting...

G's Memorial Service is in 5 days. Last week I cried a lot just thinking about it. My grief felt so raw. The reality that he is really...

One of the things that comes with outliving your spouse, especially at a young age like me, is the necessity to keep going. If I was 88...

Today is the 6 month anniversary of G's death. My gosh - how is that possible. I spent the last 4 weeks living at a frantic pace as I...

G understood so many things better than I do, and one of those things was walking with Jesus. Illness has a way of clarifying things -...

I had a chance to go on a walk and think for the first time in weeks. And of course I started thinking about G. Gosh have I been missing...

Today is the 5 month anniversary of G's death. I'm sitting at the table facing "his chair", the one he sat in that last morning as we...

Too often we think that blessings are a sign of God's love for us. Falling in love, marriage, having babies, being healthy, growing old,...