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Tag Archives: loss
Forging a New Journey
I know that most of the life I have known, on a practical level, is gone. Some of it eroded away by the “or sickness” and the “or for worse” of the marriage vow. Some of it shattered by the … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts and Reflections, Uncategorized
Tagged adventure, faith, friendship, grace, grief, help, journey, loss, New season, risk, trust
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From King Size Bed to Twin
It was with intrigue that I first heard the phrase: “Aging is a diminishing experience”. I remember the time and place as a medical/ethical conference at Trinity Seminary in 2001. The guest speaker. who introduced this thought. was Vernon Grounds. … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts and Reflections, Uncategorized
Tagged aging, couple, grace, loss, reality, wisodm
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Grieving a Loss That Does Not Leave
No one who is grieving compares one grief to another. Pain and loss are personal, not categorical. Pain is what the suffering person says it is. It is experienced as such and there is no comfort in hearing about someone … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts and Reflections
Tagged change, dementia, friendship, funeral, grief, lonely, loss, memorial service, pain, reality, sad
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I’m Going to Keep Singing
You say you want me to sing like when I was a child. It was fun to sing then. My voice was clear. I sang alone when I was three and everyone smiled. I harmonized at home as family and … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts and Reflections
Tagged aging, childhood, family, intimacy with God, loss, singing, songs
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When “Thankful” Is a Choice
I am awakened this morning by the strong purr and gentle paw of my cat, Takker. I am reminded that he was given to me as a gift ten years ago today. He has been and is a source of … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, God, heaven, hurt, Jesus, loss, mother, pain, song, thankfulness
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Releasing What Is Gone
originally posted Feb 27 There is no doubt that aging involves loss. I have referenced processing loss as one of the essential ingredients to growing old gracefully. But how do we know when something is gone? There is, of course, the … Continue reading
Releasing What Is Gone
There is no doubt that aging involves loss. I have referenced processing loss as one of the essential ingredients to growing old gracefully. But how do we know when something is gone? There is, of course, the loss that cannot be … Continue reading
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