Thoughts and ramblings about faith, grief, life, death, and everything in between
In case any of you were looking for a tangible representation of what grief looks like, this is it - the main picture on this post, of a shattered glass. We’ve all seen those “your mind on drugs” commercials, or the “your lungs when smoking” before and after’s. Well, consider this “your heart/mind/soul/world/everything following searing [...]
“𝑰'𝒎 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎.” I mentioned in my instagram stories the other day that the word “storm” has been popping up in my head over and over again lately. It hasn’t stopped, despite the quick break in weather (Boston has had some brutal rainstorms lately, complete with all the thunder and lightnings). [...]
“Wolves don’t lose sleep over the opinions of sheep.” Be sure of this: As you begin to walk and grow and flourish in your purpose, opposition will come. It most likely won’t come by violent hostility, or be blantantly obvious and in your face. The greatest opposition can come from the sheep, because they are the [...]
If your only options are break or bend, learn how to bend. We underestimate the reality of survival mode. We lightly glaze over the fact that when tragedy, trauma, and grief smacks us dead in the face, sometimes the only thing we can do is survive. If that’s you, I see you. I see that [...]
I remember writing a post shortly after we got married, wondering if “one month” is exactly four weeks from the day something occurred, or if it’s the same date, one month later. I still don’t have an answer, but what I do know is that I for sure never thought I’d have to say “today [...]
It’s taken me awhile to actually share this (grief makes you do or not do unpredictable things for no obvious reason other than #griefbrain and because of random fears and insecurities and hesitations that are all new to this version of your post-loss self), but I’m so honored to be featured as a guest speaker [...]
"It only gets worse."Sam used to say this to me all the time, immediately from when we first started dating. He was always ahead of the game in our relationship, and if you asked him, he would tell you without hesitation that he knew he was going to marry me before he even officially met [...]
I don’t think I could have found a better picture to more accurately portray what I feel like as I start this next chapter of my life. Look at this scene.I have mud and sand and ocean water all over me. My dress is ripped in multiple spots. I clearly lost my shoes. My hair [...]
Conversations with Myself 