A simple way to honor a deceased loved one with your children and extended family members.
Holidays are particularly difficult milestones for the broken-hearted.
Because when grieving, any joy is met with a sweep of sorrow.
I've heard of many ideas for how to honor the memory of a ...
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Spiritual Self-Care When You Physically Can’t
Let’s talk about spiritual self-care when you physically can’t.
Sometimes hormone imbalances, chronic illness, and/or mental illness put us in a position where practical self-care can feel like an impossibility. We go to bed at the right time, but cannot sleep; we try to cook healthy meals, but ...
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When You Just Can’t Handle Any More Change: Remember Butterflies
“Behold, I am making all things new!” -Isaiah 43:19-
What happens when you read a promise like Isaiah 43:19 and you don’t want anything new? What if you’re happy just like it is right now?
The butterfly has become a powerful symbol for our family.
The Lord sent me flurries of ...
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Grief in the 11th Month: 11 Ways to Make it Through
Many people say the 11th month is one of the hardest of the first year of loss.
If you’ve welcomed memories of your loved one earlier in grief, you may be surprised that they feel more like an assault than a comfort this month.
Mental:
There’s a heavy dose of underlining dread leading ...
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To the Daddies: Your Presence is More Powerful Than You Know
In these months after losing my husband, I’ve never been more aware of the presence of fathers in my whole entire life.
There’s something about you, the creation of you, that brings a sense of security.
It’s nothing you muster up or strive for. It’s just how you were created… to be a ...
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This is a Tilling Season & The Cost of Oil is Going Up
That's what I heard when I woke up this morning…“This is a tilling season.”I’ve been feeling an urgency and a conviction about how I spend these last days ahead of quarantine. Yesterday I read a post traveling around Facebook that said the root word for quarantine is 40. Makes sense. Cuarenta in ...
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