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Music, memories, and mourning
There’s no doubt music has a profound influence on our emotions. Music serves as an outlet for people to express themselves, to heal, and to create in unique ways that ordinary words just can’t. As long as music has existed humans have used it to convey their feelings and tell their stories. So often music… Read more
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The Talk
As preteens we all dreaded having “the talk” with our parents. The birds and the bees. The sex talk. Some parents went into more detail than you wanted, some gave very little helpful information at all, some parents had the talk early and some had the talk way after you’d already heard about or experienced… Read more
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Never the same
My husband Jacob and I were driving home and discussing plans for the week; I had previously left out some important details and we were trying to figure out a now last minute plan. Though he was frustrated, it was with gentle acceptance and his new found (and highly tested) patience that Jacob said, “It’s… Read more
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Meal Train Dos and Don’ts
When my late husband was in the hospital and after he died, I had meals for three months. It was extremely helpful and also very overwhelming at times. Becoming a single parent and sorting through all the to dos, it was a huge weight lifted to not have to plan or prepare dinner. However, sometimes… Read more
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Weeping through the night
When this image of me and my daughter came up on my Timehop from two years ago, my mind and my heart were instantly reminded of the weight of those first nights, those really hard nights. Psalm 30:5 says, “weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.” Publicly many people saw… Read more
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Is Daddy naked in heaven?
Walking through grief with children “Is Daddy naked in heaven?” “Uh, I’m not sure” This question came two weeks after my husband passed, as I headed out in my minivan with my 6 year old and 4 year old in tow. “What do you think he’s wearing; Bible clothes or his clothes?” “I mean….Adam and… Read more
The Neon W 