Category: Greif

  • Here’s How Wearing a Hat Can Help you Defeat Depression

    Here’s How Wearing a Hat Can Help you Defeat Depression

    There is a secret battle that wages in every human heart. Secret because we don’t want to talk about it. And secret because the silence makes us feel so alone in the fight. But we are not alone! The war for a healthy self-image may hit us socially, emotionally, physically, financially, spiritually, (you name it). There will be…

  • Finding Hope in Difficult Times

    As a woman who has faced many storms in life, I am often asked, “If God is so good, why doesn’t He keep you from these difficult circumstances?” My answer is, “He is so good that He keeps me through them.” Storms happen Storm:  a disturbed state of environment, marked by significant disruptions to normal…

  • How Grief Taught me Joy

    How Grief Taught me Joy

    Today would have been my baby girl’s twentieth birthday. With each year since her passing, we think of all the milestones she would have accomplished had we been granted the privilege of raising her into adulthood like our other children.  It’s hard to imagine Rebecca  as anything except a beautiful, delicate newborn.  Her fifth birthday…

  • Finding Purpose in Pain

    Finding Purpose in Pain

    I had just laid my newborn baby down to rest and knew I should close my eyes until she needed me again, but I couldn’t resist the overwhelming urge to write the thoughts that were running through my head. It was strange, the words I was hearing were directed to me, not from me. It was  as…

  • The Beauty of Easter

    The Beauty of Easter

    If you have ever had one, you know how all-consuming the pain can be. There are few things that can stop a woman in her tracks like a full-blown migraine. Of course, there are plenty of things that are all-consuming and do slow us down a lot. Like broken relationships, fear, rejection and the big…

  • God is Bigger than the challenges we Face

    God is Bigger than the challenges we Face

    In memory of our Trisomy 18 baby, I offer the words God spoke to me one night before she died in 1999. May these words be an encouragement to you and your’s during whatever trial you face. God’s Comfort to Our Family and Friends  by Catrina Welch This child is my gift to you, like a…

  • How to Dress for Tragedies, Trials and Temptations

    How to Dress for Tragedies, Trials and Temptations

    You have come to the top of a mountain peek; the only way to continue on your journey is to navigate your way down the steep slope and over to the next lift. You have three choices: Just do it. Take off your skis, walk back to the last lift and risk your life trying…

  • Building Confidence by Keeping Christmas Unfair

    Building Confidence by Keeping Christmas Unfair

    “I found this on Flyp and just have to get this for little Tommy, he will just love it! Now I need to get something more for Suzzie or he will have more than she does.” My parents didn’t keep Christmas fair for their five children. I’m sure they were tempted to, and I’m sure…

  • When Words Crush Your Spirit

    When Words Crush Your Spirit

    “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Injuries can crush the body. When someone strikes us, we hurt. The stronger our physical body, the less likely the damage, of course, but there is no question that sticks and stones can break our bones. And when we are injured, no…

  • Don’t Get Sucked Down the Drain of Depression

    Don’t Get Sucked Down the Drain of Depression

    Physical pain is an infliction on the psyche as much as it is a debilitation to the lifestyle. Disappointment in one’s own restricted abilities can create an internal confidence conflict that is hard to shake. I’m sure you have had an experience where an injury not only kept you from doing something, but also nag at…

  • God’s Comfort to Our Family and Friends

    This child is my gift to you, like a delicate flower. Do not expect her life to last like that of a carnation. Her purpose here is a quick and powerful one. Enjoy each moment. Do not waste time in meaningless comparison, And do not get caught in the trap of self-pity, Or you will…

  • Comfort for all Seasons

    Rebecca went to be with Jesus when she was three weeks old. It feels a bit disloyalty to imagine her growing up because in my heart she will always be a baby. Don’t get me wrong, as much as I wish I were planning a sweet 16 party for her this week, I’ve found it…