It is the end of February, which means we are
nearing the end of what has often been a brutal
winter. While gazing at the mountains of snow
piled high in my front yard and the foot-long
icicles hanging from my roof, it is hard to
imagine that spring will ever come. We have
endured bitter cold winds that have chilled us to
I speak to my son almost daily and he answers me.
After losing Trey, I eventually envisioned him holding the hand of a small child.
Every time I do envision him in Heaven he is the same age as he would be on Earth.
I believe when he got to Heaven God told him to take his time and find the soul of his sibling.
Note: This article was written in 1998.
How do we prepare our children for pain when it still surprises us?
At the cemetery by his little grave I watched the sunflower pinwheel spin in the warm May wind. "I didn't expect life to be this tough," I whispered to my husband, David.
Of all the statements and spiritual platitudes quoted to me since my son, Daniel’s, death the phrase that I hear most frequent makes me squirm the most. “You have got to get on with your life.” Recently, I quit squirming long enough to ponder the meaning behind this phrase that is usually said to the bereaved in the form of a command. Exactly what does this phrase mean?
I have discovered that for me, spiritual growth is driven by intent to develop a different perspective and by paying attention to connections in the universe that facilitate that different perspective.
The empty chair it stares at me,
that empty chair at the table.
We'd love to sit back down,
but I just don't think we're able.
Walking through life without you is far too difficult. Missing you every second. Going down memory lane the first moment I held you your tiny body to the moment I held your lifeless body close to me as long as I could. I feel at times I'm on overload. She was 28, and we are raising her daughter skylynn who just turned 4 in Jan. 22-2013.
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