Eye of the Storm

Oct 31, 2020

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!

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