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Stepping Into a New Language – Learning to Speak Grief
Grief is like learning a new language—messy, exhausting, and often overwhelming. In this post, I share the first guiding principle from the Rebuild: Finding Life After Loss workshop: “Everything is normal. Not everything is helpful. Do helpful things.” Discover practical ways to notice unhelpful patterns, take small healing steps, and find support for your own grief journey.
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Pregnancy After Loss: The Tension Between Fear and Hope
Pregnancy after loss is different. It’s filled with anxiety, trauma triggers, and a cautious kind of hope. In this post, I share my own story—losing my first son and navigating a subsequent pregnancy—and offer insights, support, and tools to help others on a similar path.
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Is A Grief Group Right For Me Right Now?
Wondering if you’re ready to join a grief support group? Explore six key questions that reveal whether this step could help you right now—or later on your journey.
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Grief and Birthdays: Remembering Loved Ones With Love
Birthdays can stir up both cake and candles—or tears and longing. For those who have lost someone, they remind us not only of what was, but also of what will never be again.
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August’s Ache: Celebrating Life In The Midst Of Loss
August holds both celebration and ache for my family—birthdays, anniversaries, and the reminder of who is missing. Faith assures me Bryan is alive with Christ, yet sorrow remains. In this tender space where joy and grief meet, God’s presence brings hope.
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When You Can’t Speak the Pain, Create It
Creativity can speak when grief leaves you silent. Whether it’s journaling, painting, or music, creative expression helps calm the nervous system, restore a sense of control, and open the door to hope. In the quiet act of making something, healing often begins.
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How One Simple Practice Helped Me Reclaim My Faith in Grief
When grief shakes everything loose, hope can feel out of reach. Through the practice of a “Declaration of Hope,” I’m learning that circumstances may not change—but my focus can. Choosing to declare God’s faithfulness opens the door to healing, even in the storm.
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Learning to Hope Again When Grief Reopens Old Wounds
This summer, I’ve been working through a Bible study with a friend: Hope For The Hurting Heart, by Linda Dillow. It’s a gentle, faith-based companion for those walking through grief. With honesty shaped by deep loss, Dillow offers more than advice—she offers presence. Her “Heart Skills” are not spiritual checklists. They’re anchors for when sorrow threatens to pull you under. We haven’t made it far in the book yet, but one chapter—on Hope—stopped me in my tracks. Honestly, it would’ve been worth the entire book just for that one lesson. Because if I’m being honest… The search for hope may be my greatest struggle in life. Especially during times of grief.…
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Suffering With Those Who Suffer: I Didn’t See That One Coming
When tragedy strikes, past grief can resurface in unexpected ways. This reflection explores how grief is triggered by tragedy—and what to do with it.
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Tea For The Heart, A Grieving Mother’s Gathering
Seven years and four months ago, I entered a new world, the world of child loss. I never would have imagined that what followed would be filled with so many unexpected moments. Moments of tears of sorrow and joy. Moments of deep connection over honest conversations. Moments of gratitude for those who understood and could never understand my heartache. April 26th, my “community” hosted a special tea for moms and grandmothers who have experienced the loss of a child of any age or stage of life, along with moms in waiting who struggle with infertility. I used the term “my community” to mean my church family, our care director, and…
