I received a text from my daughter today when she was greeted by a Facebook Memory of her dad. My husband was standing next to my other daughter, Kelly, after he had just finished building an 11 foot wide, lighted Bookshelf, TV entertainment center that is a treasured focal point in her home. Nothing brought […]
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Moving Forward is like the Flying Trapeze!
“Sometimes God brings times of transition to create transformation.” Lynn Cowell Someone once told me that you never “Move On” from grief, but you must learn to “Move Forward” in it! That’s what is known as being in Transition. Transition is one of the Hardest, Scariest places to be, because it’s not really a place. […]
Pain can Define you, or Refine you!
“And once this storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, if the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what […]
Why is this taking so long?
“The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you […]
Don’t doubt in the darkness what God has showed you in the Light!
“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand”. ~ Thomas Carlyle One of the hardest parts about Life AFTER your Loved One dies, is figuring out what to do next?! I’m not talking about arranging funeral plans, keeping up with the bills, doing chores around the house, or just […]
How do you say Goodbye?
With a couple of hours to kill, I sat outside of the airport enjoying the warmth of the desert air, reflecting on my long list of “To Do’s” when I arrived back home. I was aroused from my thoughts as I became keenly aware of the myriad of people being dropped off at the airport […]
Cleaning out the Closet of My Life!
The other day I was at my elderly parent’s home trying to organize, purge, and make the house “safer” to prevent anymore falls. My mother has fallen and broken 2 bones in 4 weeks time. One of the things that I have noticed in the last couple of months as her Alzheimer’s Disease has progressed […]
The “Miracle Drug” of Grace!
I remember seeing a commercial on TV that advertised a drug that would help ease the effects of COPD. It showed an animated person with an elephant sitting on top of their chest. As they went throughout their day, the elephant was always chained to them wherever they went. The commercial promised that this “miracle […]