More specifically, where I am and where I've been, particularly when I'm not here. To put it plainly, lately I've been str...
Showing posts with label faith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label faith. Show all posts
Goodbye, 2015.
To say this year has been an emotional roller coaster would (probably) be the biggest exaggeration I've ever made. The chaotic journe...
On learning to love.
I keep thinking about everyone who has died this year. My son, my uncle, and my grandmother. I reminisce about their lives, and feel grate...
"Here's how you get through this."
The above photograph is one of the very few that I have with or of Emmett. (I spent another hour crying today because I went through t...
Keeping the faith while enduring A Great and Terrible Loss.
This is my raw and unfiltered reality. Since losing Emmett, I have struggled to find balance. I think I'm doing fairly okay, buy I ha...
Rick Brandt.
Captured on Mackinac, chosen for my fisherman uncle :) This past Monday, my uncle took his final breath here on earth, after a long, har...
What my mama shared at Emmett's funeral.
A few days before Emmett's funeral, my mom asked if she could speak during the service. We said yes, and when she showed us what she wo...
Those darker moments when we feel angry.
Anger has been such a confusing part of grief. Throughout this entire process, I have found myself getting so angry. Although I have my ...
Easter Sunday.
Easter is one of my favorite holidays, because of what it symbolizes for those of us who are Christian. Even if I wasn't a Christian...
On understanding our pain.
On one of our first visits to the cemetery after the dust had settled, Ryan and I got into a really interesting discussion about how we we...
In the midst of the storm.
A lot of what I have to say is basically a recap of Pastor Mike's message this morning, so bear with me. It seems every week anymore i...
Fighting your demons.
I mentioned yesterday, this has been a difficult week for me. I've been missing our baby boy something fierce everyday this week. (N...
Choosing a (real) name.
Today feels like a special day, because today I finally gave this space a real name. (Yay!) Although I feel like we're only at the ...
On choosing to have faith.
When I started writing this blog, I did it to help myself, and with the the small hope that maybe somehow my weak words would touch someon...
Loving everyone, judging no one.
Throughout this whole process, one thing that has stuck out to me and pierced my heart is the reality that not everyone I encounter knows ...
Deep waters.
My sister gifted me with this beautiful canvas yesterday. Over the past few weeks I've been struggling with feeling like I'm dro...
When your prayer goes unanswered.
I don't think I will ever forget our circle of prayer in the hospital on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. I still remember laying on the ...
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