Grief is a tricky situation to navigate, especially grieving a child loss. Grief has stages just like the waves of the ocean. I’m grateful it allows us to come up for air sometimes. When it does it feels like breathing for the first time in a long time. I love those moments. It’s like comingContinue reading “When Grief Lifts to Joy”
Tag Archives: Grief
Child Loss and the True Reality
It was never supposed to happen. You know, that day, two of my children left their bodies and my life. But it did happen, and it stinks. It’s a reality of life and the price of love. I get that, but it still stinks. A grieving mother is haunted by birthdays that won’t be theContinue reading “Child Loss and the True Reality”
Cycles of Grief Wait for No One
Most of you who have read my blogs or have watched my YouTube videos know I lost my daughter not long ago. It seems like yesterday. Before this, I lost my son long ago. Although time really has no bearing on grief or whether it will ever stop, I have heard others repeatedly state thatContinue reading “Cycles of Grief Wait for No One”
The Ever Changing Reality of Life
If you have not figured this out by now, you will at some point; “life has an ebb and flow.” It is like a river, and rivers are always flowing, winding, changing, and moving with the changes of nature. We are nature as well. Along with being a part of this life, it is inevitableContinue reading “The Ever Changing Reality of Life”
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”
What It’s Been Like to Feel the Loss of my Daughter (Sorry, this is not as uplifting)
It’s been almost a year now since my Christina left this world. To say “it hurts to have her die” loses something in the translation. Yes, It hurts. I’m choosing to write this today because I am more broken. My real feelings will come out and that is my intention. I know all of theContinue reading “What It’s Been Like to Feel the Loss of my Daughter (Sorry, this is not as uplifting)”
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!”
Does a Consequence of Losing a Loved One Have to be Job Loss?
Be warned; God will not be mocked; we all truly reap what we sow in life. If you are an employer, remember to be compassionate and caring toward those who work for you if you want your business to flourish.
I Love You, Christina Marie
I’ll see you in the sunlight; feel you in gentle breezes. I will know you are present when thoughts come to me and objects seem to appear out of nowhere. I will hear your laugh in my head, and have sweet dreams of when you said, “I love you Mom”. None of these will replaceContinue reading “I Love You, Christina Marie”
My Angel Christina Marie
There was nothing about August 12th or the week before it that was usual. Life was turning upside down before my eyes, and there was nothing I could do about it. My daughter was in the ICU in critical condition, and I could not be there to comfort her or even see her. The hospitalContinue reading “My Angel Christina Marie”
Life Lessons by Jenine Marie 