Category Archives: Grief

Death of a Child and Parental Heart Failure from Stressful Grief

The intense grief for a mother who has had to endure the passing of her child or children is one of the hardest roads to walk in human existence. I have been told over and over again; the extent to which we grieve correlates to the extent we have loved. If this is true, myContinue reading “Death of a Child and Parental Heart Failure from Stressful Grief”

Memorial Day is NOT Just a Three Day Weekend!

For many people in this country, the upcoming Memorial Day is about having a three-day weekend to bar-b-que, have friends over, go on a short vacation or just relax. Retail stores, outlets and places to purchase treasures are all having those notorious Memorial Day Sales events where we can buy things at 20% off orContinue reading “Memorial Day is NOT Just a Three Day Weekend!”

Are You Privately Living With Regrets?

Every time this year, when a new year is approaching, we tend to think about resolutions. Either we want to lose weight, make more money, spend less, or travel more. It can be just about anything. Sometimes they are the very same resolutions we made last year only to find we fell very short ofContinue reading “Are You Privately Living With Regrets?”

Don’t Cause Your Brother, or Another to Stumble

It’s not uncommon for me to get more than one message in a day. When I Pastored my churches I often had more messages lined up than I could give at one time! This one is so timely and important always. Being a female it always kind of bugs me that the Bible more oftenContinue reading “Don’t Cause Your Brother, or Another to Stumble”

A Lesson from the Cross We Don’t Always Think About

Easter weekend always brings a sense of spring, good weather, celebration, family, and food. Alright, these days sometimes the weather is not all the greatest around. But Easter brings up thoughts of chocolate, hard boiled and dyed eggs, leg of lamb and family gatherings. In the Christian church the focus is on Jesus, the cross,Continue reading “A Lesson from the Cross We Don’t Always Think About”

Bear Your Soul

I’m not sure if this blog post is education or expression. Maybe it’s a little bit of both of them. That would not be altogether a bad thing, would it? Expression is important to us, especially when we direct it toward God. He listens and hears even when others pass us over. In fact, HeContinue reading “Bear Your Soul”

You Can’t Heal from Love: Surviving the Loss of a Child

I wish I could come at this one as a professional but I can’t. I have to write it as a survivor and a mother. You see, I lost my son. Don’t ask me how long its been because time is irrelevant. Some of the sting does go away with time but the memories, theContinue reading “You Can’t Heal from Love: Surviving the Loss of a Child”