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If I take the time to stop and really think about those hard times after my husband died, I can almost instantly get pulled right back into those moments. I remember they were painful... I didn't know that I could survive my grief. But I'm here, so I...
You might be surprised to learn that there are over 40 different life experiences where you might feel grief. According to the Grief Recovery Institute®, Grief is the normal and natural response to any type of loss at all - it's the conflicting feelings caused by the...
Are you in the waiting room with your old friend, Grief? Christina Rasmussen, author of the book, SECOND FIRSTS, refers to a “waiting room.” And with all the work I’ve done to understand grief – and through my own personal experience with grief - it makes sense. The...
I held the bowl in my hands. It was solid. Weighted, grounded. Whole. Beautiful, almost flawless. It had its purpose and I’m sure it served it well. The bowl represented me, in my previous life. I wondered how long it had its shape, for how long it had been whole. I...
My husband died February 2017. Unexpectedly. A massive ruptured brain aneurysm. His death was instant and sudden and just a few hours after he left the house yelling "goodbye" and that he loved us. Eric was only 43. I was 38. Our girls were 8 and 11 at the time. And...
My husband died almost 3 years ago. He and I valued traveling, reconnecting as a family, reawakening with nature, feeling and seeing the beauty of God's creations. We traveled a lot, but don't be impressed. It was mostly a shit ton of camping trips. Drive 8-hours in...
Don't get me wrong, my previous life was beautiful. It was filled with so much goodness - especially in my wonderful marriage. There's so many things that we did right.... B U T... In my previous life I wore rose-colored glasses. Everything could be fixed with a...
Breakthrough. I'm sure it's amazing. I'm sure it's inspiring. I'm sure it's moving. And I'm sure it's changing lives and bringing people closer to God and that it's a great thing. And in another life I would have seen it, posted on social media about how...
Okay, people, this may be one of the cutest things I've ever created besides my two daughters... First of all, it's summer. And my 11-yo, Laurel, desperately needs projects to keep her busy. She's made a huge ass bucket list; one being a 'she-shed' and suggesting a...
I was happily married for 17-years before my husband suddenly passed, but even then, I did a lot of stuff around the house. Eric was a football coach and he was incredible at it, but that just didn't leave a whole lot of time for him to be here at the house working on...