Grief. It’s such a tricky thing. At first there’s so much and it’s so heavy it feels like you might drown. It fills you up completely until it feels like there is nothing to you but grief. Every breath you draw hurts. You feel like you float through each day, existing in your world but…
Category: grief
When your child with special needs isn’t ‘proving them wrong’…
Bear with my titling of this post… I had a hard time figuring out the right wording. Read on before you judge! Also, this is one of those posts where I am sharing vulnerably. I’m opening myself up and letting people know some of those less than spectacular feelings that hide deep down. Because we…
Hands and Feet
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger…
Words of Truth
Can I be honest here? One of the hardest things about the journey I find myself on is trying to reconcile the immense grief I have over the loss of our precious baby, with the fact that I am still carrying a healthy little girl. My belly is expanding (perhaps a bit more rapidly than…
Learning the Ways of Grief
“Have mercy on me Lord, for I am in distress. Tears blur my eyes. My body and soul are withering away. I am dying from grief; my years are shortened by my sadness.” Psalm 31:9-10 Somehow until the past few months of my life, I was oblivious to this verse. In fact I feel like…
My Incredible Ivy 