Tag: Bereavedparents
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Remembering
Today is Memorial Day in the U.S. A lot of people confuse Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day. Veterans’ Day, an official U.S. holiday each November 11th, celebrates and honors all who have served or are serving in our Armed Forces. Memorial Day, held on the last Monday in May, is set aside specifically to honor…
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The Ring
Eight years ago on Mother’s Day, we celebrated our younger daughter’s engagement. Her fiancé had proposed a few weeks earlier with a beautiful wooden ring that he made. But, she had asked me several years prior if, when she got married, she could have her grandmother’s wedding set to be engaged with. Rachel was an…
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Invisible
When this post goes live on Monday, May 6th, we will be in between two significant Sundays for grieving mothers. The second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day in the US. It’s been celebrated annually since 1908 and became an official holiday in 1914. Almost 100 years later, a mother in Australia started International Bereaved…
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That Person
Many bereaved parents express dismay and concern that they are not the same person they used to be before child loss. After the initial tidal waves of grief subside, they often find that they don’t recognize themselves. Yes, grief can take a toll on our physical bodies. But, they feel uncomfortable in their own skin,…
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What Consumes You?
About a year and a half ago, I wrote a post called “When Grief Consumes Us.” I am often drawn to Lamentations 3, verses 22-23: Because of the Lord’s great comfort, we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Jeremiah wrote the book of Lamentations…
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Both
One of the devotionals I read each morning is Our Daily Bread. (Just an aside: I remember my grandparents getting the little monthly booklets in the mail. It has been around since 1938. I read it via the app on my phone. My grandparents would be happy that I subscribe and amazed at the technology.)…
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Ten Thousand
I’ve written several times about the two online bereaved parent groups I belong to. They are wonderful places to share questions, concerns, blessings, experiences, and any and every emotion you may have as a parent who has lost a child. The people in the group range in age. Everyone’s child loss experience is different, but…
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While We’re Waiting
I love the name of the bereaved parents’ group, While We’re Waiting. It encapsulates so much in a few words. The implication is that we have faith and the hope of Heaven which means we will see our children and other loved ones again. That is a glorious promise and a comfort. Missing our children…
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Me, too
I mentioned in last week’s post, The Doldrums, how lonely grief can feel. Especially child loss. In first world countries these days child loss is mercifully rare. It wasn’t always so. Even well into the early 20th century most people had lost, or knew a family who had lost, a child. Miscarriages, stillbirths, accidents, and diseases…
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Sheaves
Growing up, one of my favorite Sunday School songs was Bringing in the Sheaves. It had a lilting melody and an easy to remember chorus. When I was little, though, I had no idea what sheaves were. In fact, I thought the words were “bringing in the sheeps.” As I got older I learned both…
A Light for My Path 