Grieving Someone Who Is Still Alive
When the Person Is Still Here but the Relationship Has Changed One of the hardest kinds of grief is grieving someone who is still alive. It can feel confusing, unfair,…
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The Grief of What Should Have Been
Some grief is hard to explain because it is not only about what happened. It is about what should have happened. The parent who should have protected you.The marriage that…
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When Grief Does Not Look Like Crying
Grief does not always look like tears. Sometimes grief looks like irritability, exhaustion, or forgetting what you walked into the room for. Then sometimes grief looks like being completely fine…
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When the World Keeps Moving
Grieving while life expects you to keep going One of the strangest parts of grief is realizing that the world does not stop. Your heart can feel shattered.And your body…
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The Strength of a Loyal Love
Honoring the quiet perseverance of my mother while grieving my Daddy There are some kinds of strength that do not look loud. They do not come with applause.And they do…
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The Strength I Saw in My Mom
When love keeps showing up in the hardest season There are some things you do not fully understand until you watch someone live them. Strength is one of those things….
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Watching Him Slip Away
The continued grief of losing Daddy before goodbye ever fully came. There are losses that happen all at once. Then there are losses that happen slowly. The kind where someone…
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When the House Feels Different
The ache of changed spaces There is something about grief that changes a house. The walls are the same.And the furniture is the same.The rooms are still where they have…
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The Ordinary Things I Miss Already
How grief lives in everyday moments Grief is not always loud. Sometimes it does not show up in the big, obvious moments. It can slip in quietly, through the ordinary…
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Where I Am With God Right Now
Where I Am With God Right Now. Holding faith when it doesn’t feel steady If I’m being honest, my faith doesn’t feel neat right now. It’s not wrapped up in…
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The Guilt No One Warns You About
The Guilt No One Warns You About and when love never feels like enough. No one really prepares you for this part. You expect the sadness, the worry, and even…
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What I Haven’t Said Out Loud Yet
What I Haven’t Said Out Loud Yet The moment everything shifted. I don’t know if there was one exact moment. Honestly, I wish I could point to a day, a…
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The Grief That Comes Before the Goodbye
There is a kind of grief that no one really prepares you for. Learning to hold what hasn’t fully happened because nothing has “officially” been lost. They are still here.You…
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When Your Parent Starts to Need You
When Your Parent Starts to Need You When Your Parent Starts to Need You and the moment roles begin to shift, there is a moment that doesn’t announce itself. There…
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When Healing Brings Grief With It
Mourning what didn’t survive Healing is often expected to bring relief. Sometimes it does. But there are moments when healing opens the door to grief instead. Not new grief, but…
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When Survival Mode Ends and Grief Begins
When Survival Mode Ends and Grief Begins What happens after the crisis When Survival Mode Ends and Grief Begins. Survival mode numbs grief until safety returns. When the crisis ends,…
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The Grief No One Sees When Someone You Love Is Still Alive
The Grief No One Sees When Someone You Love Is Still Alive There is a particular kind of grief that comes from loving someone who is still alive but no…
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Loss in the Later Seasons of Life
, Grief Comes in Layers: Loss in the Later Seasons of Life Later life is often marked by accumulation of not just of years, but of loss. Some losses are…
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When Roles Reverse
When Roles Reverse: Becoming the Caregiver There are few transitions as quietly demanding as the moment you realize your parents no longer occupy the role they once did. Strength softens….
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When the House Gets Quiet
When the House Gets Quiet: Naming Empty Nest Grief The quiet often arrives unexpectedly. You may have anticipated freedom. Rest. A lighter schedule. And while those things may come, so…