Grief & Gratitude can co-exist
Ok, this is a raw one.... I just walked out of a staff meeting because I wasn't able to hold it together. I'm trying to find the...
Carrie's heart
Ok, this is a raw one.... I just walked out of a staff meeting because I wasn't able to hold it together. I'm trying to find the...
September is Suicide Awareness Month Plastered throughout Facebook are #stopthestigma, bring awareness, and so many other really good...
Sometimes love is soft, warm, quiet and sweet; like a daisy. Sometimes it roars like a momma bear; like a mama grizzly. And sometimes, it...
Of course, all of us who have had any faith background know the correct Sunday school answer. Obviously, God is sovereign. But when you...
I wonder if they know, I'm here to teach, But I learn more from them. I wonder if they know, my goal is to support, But always, they hold...
Two losses in the last couple of weeks. Two, close to me dealing with emotions I wish none ever experienced. Two lives lost to a terminal...
Today’s blog is going a different direction. This week has not been without it’s grief…I’m beginning to understand that is an always and...
This morning, two things came to mind. Melanie DeSimone shared in her blog that she was a grief guide; her heart’s desire was to help...
The sky is blue, the sun is out, and it’s 64 degrees! I didn’t realize how much I’ve missed the sun…growing up in Leavenworth, and 300+...
I asked this question on my Facebook page the other day. And the answers came back overwhelmingly, "No." Some wise souls asked: "What is...
The darkness is creeping in, in so many ways. As I move into fall, what used to be my favorite season, I now need to bolster up my...
Easters past, Easters present. Expectations met. Expectations shattered. Relating to the darkness between Good Friday, and the...
It's been a very hard 6 weeks. I struggled. Trying to dance in the mourning. It wasn't happening, but I was trying...and hopeful. Joy...
I don't know, I think that will be the title of my book someday. I feel a change in the tide, a change in how I learn to live my very...
As I ponder how to honor Andrea on what would have been her 23 birthday here with us, I am blown away by how God reveals to me in so many...
I'm sitting at school, trying to prep for the last 5 days of school before break, but I can't wait to write to you! God shared something...
It's been a few good weeks. Feeling hope, gratefulness and even joy stronger than the sorrow. I don't know if that means I'm learning to...
Driving out my driveway, there it was...hung right in front of my face. I thought that when she said, "My moon mommy, it's following me!"...
Two weeks ago, when I wrote, it was a hard day. It was a hard write, and a hard read I'm sure. And I wrote that Sunday morning. I then...
I wish I could say all the good things; that I've moved into the time for joy, that the time for mourning is over, that I'm feeling so...