The following is from a client, from over a decade past, who wrote volumes about the loss of her young adult daughter who died suddenly in an auto accident in 2009. She shared with me many of her Continue reading →
God makes abundant sense when out lives abound in blessings as our requests and prayers receive a resounding “Yes!” Then we really love God and feel loved by Continue reading →
Most teenagers disdain crying, though some will cop to using tears to get their own way when possible. Even more than adults, teens fight for control because to genuinely ‘lose it’ feels child-like and they hate being viewed Continue reading →
The daily fabric that was once our lives is shredded beyond recognition when we sit at the bedside of our beloved, awaiting their death. When the doorbell or phone rings bearing words that forever change us, our spiritual foundation Continue reading →
It really does help family members, despite thinking ‘I just want to take a pill and sleep through them!’ Other survivors of loss tell me that, at the very least, they so want to run away Continue reading →
When our beloved child, spouse, parent or best friend dies, our devastation and vulnerability often makes us feel that God has indeed ‘abandoned and forsaken us.’ His Promises seemingly conflict with our consuming emotions of disappointment or betrayal Continue reading →
Suffering is an awful and powerful experience to witness. When our beloved spouse, parent or “not my child,please!” is in physical agony, our chest aches with unspeakable pain. There are no adequate words to describe the Continue reading →
Believers’ faith is sometimes devastated by the loss of their beloved when that death is unexpected and untimely – especially when a child, of any age and for any reason, dies or a spouse – and when great suffering proceeds Continue reading →
