I don’t know about you, but there seems to be something about fall that brings a shift in how I feel. Maybe it’s the changing weather or the simple fact that I know the holidays are approaching. Football and the Holidays I was thinking about how [...]
Your friend or family member just called you to tell you that someone they love died. It’s a heart wrenching call and you feel as though you need to come up with something to say to help them feel better or, at a minimum, offer some [...]
Have you had a loved one die and find that you are carrying guilt? Maybe it’s a guilt that you couldn’t stop the death. Maybe it’s a guilt that you didn’t answer their last call. Or maybe it’s a guilt that you weren’t enough in some [...]
When you lose someone you love, it’s difficult to think about spending any holiday without them. When you’ve spent decades married to a spouse who has now died, it can be excruciating to think about being without them. And all of the advertisements about red roses, [...]
by Dr. H. Norman Wright - Guest Blogger What are the losses in your life you have never fully grieved over? Whether it is a friend or family member, the person sitting across from me during a counseling session, someone attending a seminar or even the [...]
This title may be a little misleading with many people gearing up for football season, so let me just say upfront, this is not a football post! Last month, I wrote about how to be aware of your emotions as a grieving person. This month I [...]
Have you ever been on the receiving end of someone’s anger? My guess is we all have at one time or another. It doesn’t feel good. At most it hurts, and at a minimum it stings! It can even cause us to question ourselves. When we [...]
By Tabitha Westbrook - Guest Blogger It’s another late night. The tears won’t stop. You go to bed spent from the pain and weeping. It seems like the grief is a never-ending process; it’s so strong. You long to stop crying. Just for a day [...]
Boundaries seem like such an odd thing to talk about with the subject of grief, but pause and reflect on your own grief experience. You are at your most vulnerable place during times of grief and loss. Sometimes, you can’t seem to care about anything except [...]
There is so much going on in our world today. It can feel overwhelming at times. And it can even be downright scary! Jesus told us that there would be wars and rumors of wars, that nations would rise against each other, and that there would [...]
