Facebook posts declare it. Pictures show it. Families reunited. Students returning home from college for the holidays. Church is full of those boys and girls; home. It is Lessons and Carols, a beautiful service, celebrating the birth and coming Savior. There is excitement and hugs. Joy. I am numb. I sit and literally focus on breathing in and out. The hollowness overpowering. My boy is not coming home. While I am grateful for those happy, sweet reunions. I can't experience that. And I so long to. My boy ... View Post
Can You See Beyond The Grief? Day #8 of Thankfulness
When my mother in law died I thought my heart broke in two. I wrote a song. In a moment you were gone. We know we must go on But it's the living that's so hard Psalm 118:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. She died suddenly without warning; 14 months after my father in law. She was my support, my friend, my mentor. She encouraged us in farming, in our spiritual walk, in life. She loved her children and grandchildren and showed this with every step she took on this earth. It was during this ... View Post