Are you approaching the anniversary of losing someone you love? The anniversary of their death is often a brutal reminder and a day that is significant to pay respects. We honored Marcus in completely different ways the past couple of…
The Remembering Room – How You Can Help Children Grieve
Grieving a loved one as a young child is difficult, and it has been a mission of mine to help my kids (and their loved ones!) process as well as possible. Young children just don’t understand death (honestly, I struggle…
A Guide to Managing Grief
Scroll to the bottom for a free printable of a guide to managing grief that you can print for yourself or share with someone who is grieving. The whole world is grieving right now. We are grieving health, stability, finances,…
My Journey with Fitness & My Winter Workout Uniform
Shop this outfit and my favorite running & winter accessories here! It is no secret that I LOVE to work out. And two of the most common questions I get asked is how to find time as a mom and…
Saying Yes To Help
Allow people to help. As soon as Marcus died and I could catch my breath, I started the most daunting task of my life: telling people. How do you even begin that conversation? This is something so horrifying, so shocking,…
One Year Without You
It hurts so bad to live this life without him. We are doing really well in spite, but it’s awful. The worst thing I would have imagined in this life would have been him dying. And it happened. And it still doesn’t make sense to me because he was GOOD. And godly. And loving. And honest. And loyal. And all that is so rare.
Vulnerability
This year could have ruined me. It could have made me lose all hope and reason for living. It wasn’t my favorite year, if I am being completely honest. And I haven’t even shared some other tragic things that I…
Golden
I celebrated my golden birthday last month (28 on the 28th). My husband asked me my thoughts about getting older, and I have been pondering it for a bit now. While I am not afraid of aging, I am actually…