Words for the Journey

Please know I never really left youAlthough my journey there was throughFor I am home now up in HeavenWhere I am watching over youI know you think you live without meBut I am right here at your sideThough you can’t hold me in your armsPlease know my spirit never diedI have asked God to send you comfort

                  ~Transcendence~

Will the pain ever end?

"I LOVE YOU"I know you went to my grave today...You knelt down and you cried...

WHEN I GROW UPWhen I grow up...I want to be hooked on drugs..I want to beat up my Father...And act like a thugI want to steal from my parents...I want to steal from my friends...Heck I'll take money from Grandma..Who will care in the end?

With the passing of my husband last year, I found myself in a whirlwind of emotions that changed from day to day, sometimes hour to hour. My husband’s promotion to heaven was not unexpected and in some respects I had been prepared―but not near as prepared as I thought. After fifty years of marriage and ministry together, it was a wrench to the spirit and soul to be separated.

Before losing my mom I attend several funerals. I will never forget one in particular, a young girl, and daughter, sister, best friend lost too soon. I recall her parents sobbing as they walked on stage to talk about her life.

Losing my mom when I was only twenty five has given me an entirely new perspective on life. It’s made me very different from the person I was prior to the grief and loss. I find myself seeing things and doing things differently than others.

Dear Motherless Daughter on Mother’s Day,

It was Mother’s day weekend. With our kids scattered across the country, the idea of traveling to Colorado to spend a couple days with our daughter, Amy seemed like an excellent way to celebrate. 

A free audiobook for children, told and written by Mieke Kroonen with animated illustrations.A beautiful comforting story with for children who are confronted with disease and loss.Jonathan is sick. Very, very sick. So sick that the doctors could not make him well anymore.