Dear Journeyer, I am often asked some variation of this question: “It’s been three years since my child/parent/sibling/spouse/best friend died and I feel worse now than I did when it happened. What is wrong with me?” Though this query often references the death of a person, I have also heard it with regard to other forms of loss, including but … Read More
The Reason Grief Feels Eternal
Even though it’s been twenty-seven years since my firstborn’s arrival into this world, I remember how eternal those weeks following his birth were. Like many moms do, I swayed in the rocker at the foot of the crib we’d so lovingly adorned the nursery with. I twisted the dial on the bed chamber’s musical mobile and awaited its soothing melodies. I … Read More
Healing and the Two Sides of Faith
Faith. Many of us think of faith has having to do with a belief in God or some form of organized religion. We talk about putting faith in some person, system, doctrine, or deity. We tend to think of blind faith as believing in some God without proof the It exists. But here’s where the contradiction comes in, for we … Read More