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    Head and Heart: Like the Acorn and the Oak Tree

    Friday, February 9, 2018

    Grasping a concept or idea intellectually is one thing: having it become a real part of who you are is something different. I once heard it said, “Scripture contains the […]

    Tags grief, healing, hope, religion, spirituality

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    Becoming Aware of God’s Presence

    Tuesday, May 23, 2017

    “We have what we seek. We don’t have to rush after it. It was there all the time. If we give it time it will make itself known to us.” – Thomas […]

    Tags spirituality

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    Living in the In-Between Time

    Tuesday, July 28, 2015

    There is a classic psychological question you may be familiar with that is related to our ability to wait on God:  ”If a tree falls in the forest and there […]

    Tags grief and loss, hope, spirituality

    Category Special Topics

    Death of a Child, Your Grief

    Lent as a Verb, Not a Noun

    Friday, February 20, 2015

    In Christendom Lent, from the Latin for “forty,” is the annual season of fasting and penitence for 40 weekdays before Easter. But, as someone in mourning, I’m having a hard […]

    Tags grief, Lent, spirituality

    Category Death of a Child, Your Grief

    Death of a Child, Your Grief

    Ask, Seek, and Knock Loudly on God’s Door

    Friday, October 10, 2014

    On the snowy night of December 30, 2012, I was reflecting on the past year in my journal. I have journaled regularly since 1990, when I lived in the bush […]

    Tags death of a child, God, hope, spirituality

    Category Death of a Child, Your Grief

    Death of a Child

    Another School Year Begins

    Tuesday, August 19, 2014

    We hosted a college graduation party at our house for our nephew last weekend. My husband’s family was here, including our 95-year-old great-grandmother, all four grandparents in various levels of […]

    Tags grief and loss, holidays, spirituality

    Category Death of a Child

    Bereavement, Death of a Child, Your Grief

    Wanted: Soul Sister in Grief

    Wednesday, August 6, 2014

    I have secretly been looking for a place to post a want-ad for a partner in grief.  In my small hometown, I don’t know anyone who has lost a child.  […]

    Tags bereaved parents, bpusa, coping with grief, grief, Grief Support, healing, hope, intuition, shannon harris, soul sister, spirituality, TCF

    Category Bereavement, Death of a Child, Your Grief

    Death of a Child, Your Grief

    Colors of the Spirit: We Are All One in Grief

    Thursday, July 24, 2014

    Embracing Sacred Law From July 11, 2014 through July 13,2014, I attended the 37th National Conference of The Compassionate Friends in Chicago, Illinois.I have been attending and presenting workshops for […]

    Tags Dave Roberts, getting to the other side of grief, signs and connections, spirituality, Teachings From Nature

    Category Death of a Child, Your Grief

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    My Father’s Final Gift

    Saturday, June 14, 2014

    I would like to share my father’s final gift with you – a gift he unknowingly gave to me in death.  I received this most precious gift on a beautiful sunny […]

    Tags Father's Day, Father's Death, hope, spirituality

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    Death of a Child

    A Day of Rebirth

    Wednesday, April 16, 2014

    I originally wrote this piece for my blog on March 1, 2014, my daughter Jeannine’s 11th angelversary date.  Since year nine of my life as a parent who has experienced […]

    Tags Dave Roberts, getting to the other side of grief, hope, spirituality

    Category Death of a Child

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