Tag: Childloss
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Milestones
This past week we had a family celebration for my oldest granddaughter’s 8th grade graduation. Now, to be honest, I think it’s a little silly for schools to have preschool, Kindergarten, or 8th grade graduation ceremonies. Not that these milestones aren’t important to the students. I remember being excited about going to high school. But, I think…
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Charity
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines charity from a secular sense as “generosity and helpfulness especially toward the needy or suffering.” The Encyclopedia Britannica states that, in Christian thought, “charity is the highest form of love, signifying the reciprocal love between God and man that is made manifest in unselfish love of one’s fellow men.” This definition goes…
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Not Just Another Holiday
By the time this post publishes we will be past another holiday. But, not just any holiday; this past Sunday was Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are hard for bereaved parents. So hard, in fact, that there are International Bereaved Mother’s and Father’s Days. Bereaved Mother’s Day is always commemorated (I can’t say…
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Your Very Lack
One of several daily devotions I read is Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. A few days ago, these words from her devotional really stuck out for me: When some basic need is lacking – time, energy, money – consider yourself blessed. Your very lack is an opportunity to latch on to me in unashamed dependence. Sarah Young…
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I Don’t Know What To Say
I usually write my blog post on Friday. This gives me time to review and tweak it before publication time on Monday morning. This Friday, my husband peeked around the corner and saw me idly scrolling through Facebook. “I thought you were working on your post.” I told him I didn’t know what to say.…
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Count Your Blessings
A song we sang frequently in Sunday School when I was a child had the following refrain: Count your blessing, name them one by one; Count your blessings, see what God hath done Count Your Blessings by Johnson Oatman Most mornings when I pray, I start with the Lord’s Prayer and then thank God for…
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I’m Okay
A friend read a recent post and commented that she hoped I was okay. She wondered if I was feeling a new or renewed depth of sadness. The answer is yes and yes. Yes, I’m okay. I’m not despondent or suicidal. But, yes, I have recently had a renewed depth of sadness. I’ve talked about…
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Yahrzeit
This Tuesday will mark six years since Rachel died. I wrote the following on the one-year anniversary of her death. Today marks Rachel’s first Yahrzeit. I only recently learned that word. It’s a Jewish term meaning the commemoration of a loved one’s death. We don’t have anything similar in the Christian faith. In fact, most…
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Wait
Rachel went to Heaven on the Tuesday before Easter on April 11th 6 years ago. It was so hard that first year to worship a risen Christ on Easter knowing that my daughter’s body lay waiting to be turned into ashes. The thoughts and memories are still hard, but the worship comes easier; although still…
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In Memory
When my 30-year-old daughter died in a car accident in April of 2017, after her memorial service we were all somewhat at a loss as to what to do with her ashes. The church she and her husband (of just two months) attended had no cemetery. Her dad’s family is buried in Kentucky. Her husband’s…
A Light for My Path 