Lasting lessons from the greatest grief. by Lonna Enox Sounds filtered through the painful haze. Lights, out of focus, flashed overhead, and a hum filled the room. “Knock me out, please,” a voice, strangely like yet unlike my own, pleaded. “I don’t want to hurt anymore.” A gray cloud engulfed me, but the sounds…
Category: Death and Grief
Dreams Renewed
A change in the seasons brings a change in the spirit. by Lonna Enox I have seldom found myself in the slump that I have suffered this fall. As the weeks pass, I seek strength from within myself to survive. I pray, but my prayers feel empty. Writing has long been my joy, but…
Faith and Farewells
How one family discovered the presenceof God in personal loss. by Lettie Kirkpatrick Burress The doctor’s silence thundered through the telephone wires. My husband’s first biopsy results were negative, so we had assumed the secondary testing would also reveal nothing. When I heard Dr. Coleman’s voice, I cheerfully responded, “Well, do we have good news?”…
A Daughter Forever
God reveals Himself in the midst of darkness. by Constance B. Fink The phone startled me as I put the final touches on my weekly leadership training presentation. “Hi, sweetheart.” It was Mom. I could almost see her smile. “I have bad news,” she told me. My heart pounded, and I put down my…
A Widow’s Diary
Accepting the benefits of grief. by Virginia Jelinek An accident has happened. John, my husband of thirty-six years, is gone. A widow I’m now called. Grief and Sorrow — unwelcome, uninvited guests — invade my life immediately. They rule my days and awaken me at night to whisper the ugly truth: John’s dead. Impossible…