Tag: loss
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It’s Still the Beginning
Written: August 11, 2025 In the beginning, I remember hearing, “Early grief is the first two years.” In the beginning, I remember wondering, “How could anyone bear this pain for years?” We are no longer at that beginning, but still, it is the beginning. And I continue to wonder, “How did we bear this pain for a…
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Can suffering produce any good?
Since Gemma passed, I see in my life that my capacities for gratefulness, love, joy and the ability to see beauty have enlarged. Suffering has filled these cups to the brim and they now overflow. I’m slowing down not just because of the burden of loss, but because my eyes now wear the lens of…
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9 Ways to Care for the Grieving Parent
Child loss is an incredibly difficult burden, not only on the family but also on friends and family in any sort of proximity. The fear of doing or saying the wrong thing can paralyze you. You don’t want to do something to make the pain worse. How do you actually run toward the suffering?
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Psalm 88 Rewritten
You have swallowed me, Crushed me in darkness. There is no escape. Your silence confounds me; I cannot catch my breath before I’m pulled under again. Where is your outstretched hand?
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A Good Day for the Grieving Mother
Today was a “good” day. I seemed to hit my cues a little better in this dance routine I’ve been practicing between grief and joy.
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Labor Pains of Grief
After my water broke during labor with her sister, terror struck me as labor pains began to crush me without sight of relief. I had no choice but to go through the pain. I again feel the space that lies between a rock and a hard place. This is a crushing, pressing in, and squeezing…
A Mother's Lament 