Category: dealing with grief
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Your palms are sweating. Your heart is beating out of your chest. Your stomach is doing flip flops. “Sit down,” demanded your professor. Your professor has asked you to come to his office to speak to you. So, you obediently sit down on a chair while your mind is racing. Because…
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Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12 On the morning/early afternoon, I found my mom had died, I went on my weekly grocery shopping trip. I needed things to be “normal.” As I checked out, I mentioned to the cashier that she…
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So, what is it? When I looked it up in the dictionary, the definition states that it is the “act of forgiving” or “state of being forgiven.” This is so broad and just reuses the word in the definition. So, huh, what is forgiveness? I then looked up the synonyms of the word forgiving: lenient,…
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Imagine driving through the mountains. You have no choice but to keep looking outside. Most of the view lacks significant scenery, but occasionally, you can catch sight of some landscapes. There are hardly any places to stop since the exits are sparse. You’re so bored. That was the moment you realized you needed a way…
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As I was driving to work on Thursday, I decided to put K-Love on the radio. They were talking all about the pledge drive which was annoying but I needed to listen to some feel good songs. I understand that they need to raise money for the station. The annoying thing for me is that…
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The day after my mom’s death, my aunt and I went to the funeral home. Afterwards, we made memories. We visited Aullwood Garden and just talked. Then I took her to my 2 favorite places in the city – Wegerzyn Garden and Second Street Market. Places I had gone with my mom. While…
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It’s been forever since I wrote to you.
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If I had all of the money in the world, I would love to go down to Walt Disney World for Christmas. I would not want to visit on Christmas Day because it would be way too busy but I would love to visit at some point in December. Why would I want to go…
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The other day I went to a Mother-Son brunch. We were asked to list 3 things we did before we had kids. I forgot to put I took impulsive road trips. One memorable one was with Tanya on March 30 to April 1, 2002. I had forgotten when I took the trip until today. On…
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We didn’t think about where we were going to release the balloons. If we had only moved to the other end of the deck, we would have been okay. 3. Write a blog post inspired by the word: rise.
