About Me

My Journey Through grief

You may wonder...

What motivates someone to write a blog on grief? I mean, that's not something most people want to dwell on. Grief isn't pretty, or popular, or fun. It's the thing in life no one wants to ever experience but always does, eventually.  So why spend so much time thinking on it?

One answer: 

Living in the midst of grief.

But praise be to God, it isn't what defines me! I am the wife of an incredible husband who has loved and supported me through four years that have seemed impossible. I have been blessed with two adorable children, Kaleigh and Brady. The grief has still been heavy. But I have been sustained, to put it simply, by the grace of God. Trite, and true. God is who He says He is, and that has become enough.

In 2012, my eldest daughter was stillborn at 40 weeks. Pain beyond what I could've ever imagined. Just a short year and a half later, 6 months after the birth of my second daughter, my mother and two of my brothers were called Home due to an explosion at their family home. I still cannot fathom the depths of the loss. 

Since that time, God has been working on me (Praise be! If He hadn't been,  all of this grief would be in vain). I've known for some time that I needed to write all of my thoughts down; all the things that I have learned, and also to share my story in the hopes that others can benefit from it. 

It's not going to be easy to do, but I think it's worth it.

I hope that, in walking with me, you will learn more about binding the broken in yourself and also in others. Because grieving people need us.