Hey Framily! So many questions race through your mind after a death and you want answers to them because you want the pain to stop and to stop NOW. Actually, what you really want is for this to never have happened! But you’re here, so what do you do now? In...
Life is clarified during affliction. When worldly pursuits become as meaningless as they should be and the presence of God, along with a passion for His Word, becomes most important, that’s life as God intends it for us. Though Monica spent most of her last five and...
REPLAY from Top 5 of 2022 A new year is upon us, and the idea of resolutions may pale in comparison to praying that 2022 will be better - That life will be less hard, there will be less tears and hope will be restored. What role do you play in your healing process...
Grief is hard enough but add guilt – you know all the what if’s, the shoulda, coulda, woulda’s - to the list and it’s too much! The loop that plays in your head will either help you or keep you stuck and if your loop is saying that you played a role in your loved...
Every day just feels like so much work. Trying not to cry and wanting not to hurt. Day after day the same thing. It’s bad enough that you lost the most important person in your life, but now you struggle to breathe and fit into a world that looks completely...
A new year with the same pain is another frustrating fact of grief. It reinforces the feeling of "it’ll NEVER be over." But I’m here to tell you that while the second year isn’t the end of grief (and that tidbit may help free you), there are changes to expect. If...
Thanks for hanging out with me today, on Christmas. I know you're probably struggling today, so I want to walk through the lyrics of our ‘Song of the Week’ and share 5 Bible verses to remind you why there is still hope. Had I not gone through the kind of pain that...
Let’s say it like it is - Grief sucks! And it’s confusing and overwhelming to navigate most days. If you know someone going through grief especially at this time of year – during the holidays - it’s not always easy to know how help, so people will avoid trying. If...
So, how many people have asked, “Are you ready for Christmas?” Lawd, I hated that question especially my first Christmas in grief. In my head, I was sharing every detail of how my life had 'flipped' 3 months earlier and why I was in no way “ready” to participate in...
In life before grief, you probably dealt with self-limiting thoughts that kept you ‘in your head’ and overthinking things. In grief, you’re gonna deal with any self-limiting thought and all doubts that have ever crossed your mind. You will struggle with those...
This is a Story of Hope Episode. These episodes are meant to share the real-life journeys of other women who are walking out the loss of their loved one. The movies we see on TV do a real good job of highlighting before to after but the truth of how things turn out...
This is a Story of Hope episode. These episodes are meant to share the real-life journeys of others who have or are walking out their loss of a loved one. The movies we see on TV do a real good job of highlighting before to after but the truth of how things turn out...
Think about life before grief. Weren’t there days or even seasons that you can remember not being happy? Well, in the beginning of grief, it’s even hard to find the ‘good much less the great in any given day. The loss and pain of grief overwhelm you and all you...
Today is Thanksgiving and it may be a day you just want over with, so giving thanks isn’t so easy. And, when you are getting lost in your feelings, it’s hard to do the thing that will change all things. I’m talking about being in God’s word. Today, I want you to...
The holidays are a real grief milestone – much like your loved one’s birthday, day of death and anniversaries. You know they are coming and yet there is no good way to prepare for how you will feel and how to make it through. I felt a lot of anxiety, sadness and...