At the end of this month, it will have been a year since my father died. A year since I last heard his voice, saw his face, and laughed with him. A year since he entered heaven and was healed forever from the terrible disease of dementia. It doesn’t seem like it’s been a year,… Continue reading A Year After His Death
It has now been a month and a half since my father entered his eternal home. And every day that I reflect on the life he lived, I only become more inspired to follow in his footsteps. My father was of a rare breed. He would never have considered himself extraordinary – but the way… Continue reading His was a Life Not Wasted – Thoughts on My Father’s Life
This year I have learned more about grief than I have before in my life. Before this year, I hadn’t experienced the death of someone close to me, so I didn’t understand grief on an experiential level. But a few years before, I walked with a friend through some deaths in her family, and I… Continue reading How to Walk With Each Other Through Grief
Don’t wait till tomorrow To spend the evening with your dad Or hug your mom one more time Or play one more game with your family. Don’t wait to record their voices, Take pictures of random moments, Listen to that childhood story again, Or burn their memory in your heart. Don’t rush on… Continue reading Don’t Wait Till Tomorrow
When the time comes To say good-bye – I hope you’ll be brave. Brave enough To cry the tears That show all the love Welled up in your heart. Brave enough To hold her close One last time Here on earth. Brave enough To share the grieving With those Who are close.… Continue reading When the Time Comes
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