What Do You Do With the Gifts?

The gifts were all beautifully and lovingly wrapped, and placed carefully under the tree, name tags reading “To Mom” with … More

Finding An Angel

For anyone who’s gone through it already, you know the pain of going through that first Christmas without your loved … More

Over the last month I’ve had three close friends lose their mothers. Two were expected, although it does not make … More

When my mother died before I could get there? When my friend’s child was killed in an auto accident? When … More

If we could only know for sure that final visits are really final visits, what would we do differently? What … More

There’s just something about those little country churches. Small. Intimate. Simply decorated. No fancy sound systems. No orchestra; not even … More

It’s hard to believe it’s been ten years. So much has happened since I got that phone call from my … More

Late at night when I can’t sleep I wander through rooms of memories in my mind. Rooms from special homes … More

Saturday, the day before Mother’s Day, I did something that I haven’t done in ten years. I went into my … More

Originally posted on john pavlovitz:
“How long has it been? When is he going to get over that grief and move on…

…make you stop in your tracks. Tell your eyes not to cry. Tell your lips not to quiver like they … More

Let me say right at first that I did not write either of the two pieces that follow. I wish … More