Hello, God As hard as it was — If You hadn’t assured me that Patty was “Vibrant, Radiant, Alive and with YOU” — how much harder it would have been. Or, actually, would be. Being a Believer, it was all…
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Give Sorrow Words . . .
Good Evening, God Grief, no matter how long unspoken, still longs to be shared. I am experiencing this first hand. Several months ago a dear friend, who had lost her beloved son, asked me to join a Monday’s Mommy’s Mourning…
Tagged with: Give sorrow words . . .
Posted in being together in a compassionate presence, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, connecting, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, Regret -- acknowledging and releasing it, self care as self compassion and humility, self-compassion, Sorrows of the Deep
Posted in being together in a compassionate presence, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, connecting, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, Regret -- acknowledging and releasing it, self care as self compassion and humility, self-compassion, Sorrows of the Deep
The Candle of Hope
Good Evening, God! Sigh . . . we Enneagram Sevens resist pain and sorrow so automatically that it took me the entire day to realize that I was sad and a little depressed. Fortunately, I have two amazing daughters —…
I’m sorrowing
Good Evening, God I am sorrowing . . . over so many things. And this photo from back in April expresses my mood. I miss life as it was back in the OLD normal. I remember the call — in…
Give sorrow words
Good Morning, God! In You we live and move and have our being . . . I try to BE in that place when Death comes for those I love. I’m beginning to understand the Irish tradition of a wake. Actually, I’m…
Tagged with: Find someone to hear!, It is not too late to speak
Posted in connecting, daughters, Death, Families, friends, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, loss, LOVE
Posted in connecting, daughters, Death, Families, friends, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, loss, LOVE
The Really Big Gift of Life
But, of course, God, to heal means to go INTO the pain . . . to face the fear. To grab on to hope with both hands and dare to imagine another layer of healing!
Looking Back — Looking Forward
In Your Universe, God, Joy does not preclude Sorrow. Joy is there to undergird and carry us through our Sorrows.
Tagged with: Body Heart Teamwork, grief, Joy, New Year, sorrow, Thanksgiving
Posted in a hand up, asking for help for myself, connecting, going THROUGH the sorrow, gratitude, healing, hearing myself
Posted in a hand up, asking for help for myself, connecting, going THROUGH the sorrow, gratitude, healing, hearing myself
Thinking of Valleys and Shadows
As I sat with my mommy, I remembered what a friend shared about when her dad was dying. A big no-nonsense nurse told her and her brothers and sisters: “You all stop pestering him and leave him ALONE! Dying is Hard Work.”
Tagged with: Death, Faith, Grief Loss and Bereavement, hope, Love, Psalm 23
Posted in Faith, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, hearing myself, LOVE
Posted in Faith, going THROUGH the sorrow, Grief, hearing myself, LOVE
Happy Birthday, Patty!
Good Morning, God! Today is Patty’s Birthday! Let’s see, she would be 48 today. Only, up there with You, she might still be 18? Or do we somehow become our True Self — outside of Time? Now THAT’s a lovely…
A Rendezvous with Rosy Fingered Dawn
Good MORNING, God! This morning I awoke a bit after 5:30 and wondered: Is DAWN really briefer than Dusk? Then I thought, I can go and see! So I fixed a pot of tea, dressed and drove off to the…
Tagged with: Choosing to focus on The Light, The Gift of a New Day
Posted in choices, God's gifts, going THROUGH the sorrow, gratitude, Grief
Posted in choices, God's gifts, going THROUGH the sorrow, gratitude, Grief
A Moment with God 