Grief’s Slow Healing

My recent post, "Run toward the roar," has created a lot of great dialogue, face to face and through email exchanges. One long time friend, who has lived through an immensely painful loss, wrote: "Hey Sue. Wow, this one is powerful and hits me deeply. As I think about it I don't see myself having run towards the roar [...]

By |2017-09-01T02:08:52-04:00April 27th, 2017|Grief, Healing, Pain, Tragedy|

Run Toward the Roar

A friend in my Tuesday group sent me a very challenging article, an article passed on to her by a friend, an article by Davey Blackburn from 4.18.16 entitled "Running Toward the Roar." Some of the most profound comments, I will share here, with a link to the entire article below. "Perhaps one of the most impactful books I’ve [...]

By |2017-09-01T02:08:10-04:00April 25th, 2017|Grief, Healing, Pain, Tragedy|

God’s Peace Surpasses

Good morning... Now is about the time when those grieving the loss of our friend Julie are tempted to slip into deep despair. This situation will never change. She is never coming back to us. The high of celebrating her life has dropped down into the relentless ache of physically missing her. One friend who lost her brother way [...]

By |2018-06-14T22:36:17-04:00April 15th, 2017|Grief, Peace, Prayer, Tragedy|

God Guards Our Hurting Hearts

Good morning... After yesterday's post about my friend Jennifer and her daughter's cancer battle, a subscriber wrote: "I had a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes after reading about your friend’s sweet child and this email that I read next was just what I needed. I wanted to share it with you and let you know [...]

By |2018-06-14T22:47:49-04:00April 14th, 2017|Pain, Tragedy, Trust God|

The Holy Spirit Speaks Through Us

Good morning... When I shared lunch with my longtime friend Julie Harlan on Thursday, February 16th, the word "cancer" did not enter our meaningful conversation. The next Tuesday she had her annoying symptoms of reflux checked out medically, and by Thursday she was given a shocking diagnosis. Stomach cancer. On Saturday when I visited her at home to listen, [...]

By |2018-06-15T09:15:17-04:00April 2nd, 2017|Holy Spirit, Tragedy|

Help In Life’s Hurricanes

Good morning... Hurricane Matthew has affected the lives of millions this weekend. The messy photos of wreckage from high winds and water tug at our hearts. Chaotic. Uprooted. Torn apart. We all lift prayers for the rebuilding of rummaged lives. Even inland here in Atlanta, the ripple effects are everywhere. Eerie skies and windy rain. Horrendous traffic traveling north [...]

By |2018-06-17T14:39:25-04:00October 9th, 2016|Community, Nature, Pain, Tragedy|

His First Birthday In Heaven

Good morning... Her son would have celebrated his seventeenth birthday this week, if he had not gone to heaven last month. With her permission, I am posting a string of personal emails I have shared with a very special, grieving mom, a mom I had not known before this tragedy. Thursday, 4.28.19, would have been his birthday and that [...]

By |2018-06-17T21:59:02-04:00May 1st, 2016|Grief, Suicide, Tragedy|

Through Pain To Peace

Good morning... My post from 4.25.16, "Run toward the roar," has created a lot of great dialogue, face to face and through email exchanges. One long time friend, who has lived through an immensely painful loss, wrote: "Hey Sue. Wow, this one is powerful and hits me deeply. As I think about it I don't see myself having run [...]

By |2018-06-17T22:15:32-04:00April 27th, 2016|Grief, Pain, Peace, Tragedy|

Seeds Released By Fire

I discovered something amazing when our family hiked and camped in Sequoia National Park.   “Whenever most people see a forest fire, they automatically think about all of the trees and bushes that are being destroyed. After the fire is over, the landscape looks like a blackened scene of destruction. But did you know that some plants and trees [...]

By |2017-09-01T02:10:31-04:00September 2nd, 2013|Faith, Organic Growth, Tragedy|
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