thesorensen5
Apr 9, 20232 min read
Shattered Expectations
Easters past, Easters present. Expectations met. Expectations shattered. Relating to the darkness between Good Friday, and the...
Carrie's heart

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...
11 months today. I read on Facebook, a friend who is 23 years on this path... I remember that service. I was there. Pregnant with...
I'm learning grace. Many of what I've learned, is through Andrea. But I'm still processing that lesson. Today, I'm giving myself grace....
I don't know how to feel right now. I'm not sure I'm going to post this, but part of me wants to call all of my praying friends to pray....
I wrote this last Thursday, August 11. 9 months. It's been 9 months. For 9 months I carried you in my belly. I was your source of food,...
My emotions are mixed right now. Well, mixed is an understatement. Eight months into this journey, and the waves just keep hitting....
Today is a good day. It's Friday. I made it. It's been a week with a few empty hours. I don't do well with a lack of structure...
It's been awhile. That's been deliberate. The summer starts a whole new ballgame and I'm a little bit nervous. Ok- I'm actually quite...
I haven't wanted to write this week. Emotions overwhelm me. I grieve. I'm angry. I grieve for others. I grieve for me. I'm angry for...
It's been over 6 months. It's been a rough couple of weeks. Emotions that I'm actually unfamiliar with. Feelings I don't know how to...
Hello Whitworth Students and Staff, I am Carrie Sorensen. I am Andrea Sorensen's mother. I will be forever grateful for the tribute you...
Last night, a friend asked how I was doing. "Is it getting any easier?" Actually, no. And I'm surprised. "But the intensity? Is it...