A lifetime and the blink of an eye

by | Feb 26, 2011 | Chronicles of Grief

Today is Jonan’s one month “birthday”. How can it feel like both a lifetime ago and yet a blink of an eye?  I looked over his pictures today. I zoomed in on him, wishing I had taken so many more. Wishing I had thought to see where they cut his cord.  Wishing...

Not Efficient

by | Feb 20, 2011 | Chronicles of Grief, Soul Formation

I love efficiency. I am the person who will drive a new way to find out shorter routes to get to a familiar destination; and the one who actually gets physically uncomfortable when I am with someone I don’t know well enough to tell them to go my shortest route…and...

Home sick

by | Feb 18, 2011 | Chronicles of Grief

Being home sick today has helped my soul stop and feel all that my active body hasn’t allowed as of late:·        I am still sorrowful·        I still miss...

God was there

by | Feb 15, 2011 | Chronicles of Grief

(What a journey this has been. Today I find myself tired. I am back to working my regular hours now, back to all the household responsibilities. Paying the bills, doing the laundry, the dishes, etc. You all know this routine.  Just back to life. All the while,...

On grief and celebration

by | Feb 13, 2011 | Chronicles of Grief

In a post entitle “We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver Life” I wrote about waking this morning of the funeral service and having a sense of the Lord speaking to my heart…it was time “begin letting go”. This word to my soul was the fuel I needed to get...