THE EYE OF THE STORM
Someone once said, “Writing is easy you just sit at the typewriter and bleed on the keys.” That has been my experience the past 28 days;...
- Oct 30, 2020
FUNERAL POWER
Strength in and from others was a gift I did not realize at the time but appreciate deeply now.
- Oct 29, 2020
HOLD ME, HOLD ME, HOLD ME
Tears still well up whenever that hymn is sung ... I often sing the alternate words not only to remember Catie, but because they are true.
- Oct 28, 2020
POUR OUT THE WATER
A few days before Catie died, I came to the traumatic realization that she would be better off with Jesus than clinging to her painful life.
- Oct 27, 2020
Healthy Outlets
After Catie died, a wise lady told me that my emotional energy for Catie would have no place to go, and it needed an outlet. She was right!
- Oct 26, 2020
WHAT'S IN YOUR HAND?
Don't avoid those in pain. You do not need special training to be a friend. Some of the people who reached out to us during the dark days
- Oct 25, 2020
TEMPTATION
My worthiness was a bargaining chip, and God would not forsake the righteous! After she died, the root sin of anger blossomed into numerous
- Oct 24, 2020
WHAT WE 'SEE' IN THE DARK
Mostly I would just toss and turn, hoping for sleep to take away my troubled thoughts.
- Oct 23, 2020
AMBASSADORIAL ADVENTURES
Losing a child brought me face-to-face with some significant truths: There are questions our human minds will never answer.
- Oct 22, 2020
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
You would not be much of a God if I could understand what you are doing!
