No Winter Lasts Forever
An Interview with Faith & Grief Founder and Author, Fran Shelton about her debut memoir, No Winter Lasts Forever, A memoir of Loving Bob & Loathing Alzheimer's.
Colbert, Cooper & Grief
You may have seen the recent interview with Stephen Colbert by Anderson Cooper on CNN. If you haven’t, I highly encourage you to do so. It is a frank and compassionate conversation about grief between two people who have been shaped by their loss. The fact that these two successful people who have both experienced significant loss were so open about sharing their experiences was striking.
Loving & Losing a Difficult Person – a daughter’s story
My mother was a difficult person. Not only did the
The Next Five Minutes
If you have not prayed for ways to survive the next five minutes, be thankful. I have, and it is tough.
Then, I Asked Daddy
Now that I am no longer in my 20’s, I have seen many stages of life, and I am quite sure I will remember this stage of my life, the end of my father’s life, as one of the most beautiful, dear and sweet times. I have had the opportunity to experience, reflect, and savor what Daddy has taught my children and myself throughout our lives, and how he has helped form us into the people, we are today. The two words that keep coming to my mind are family and community.
Lacy’s Story
The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you’re walking
Praying Hard for a Miracle
Written by Amy Wilson Two years ago my husband, Heath,
Life Is a Tapestry
When I was nine years old and formally gave my life to Christ, I wished my daddy was there. When I was 17 and discerned a call into ministry, I wished my daddy was there. When I was 20 and walked down an aisle wearing white, I wished my daddy was there. When I was 24 and gave birth to a daughter, I wished my daddy was there. When I was 25 and 28, and delivered 2 more children, I wished my daddy was there.
For All of Us Who are Really Bad at This
"It’s not that you don’t care - you brought a casserole. You’re just scared. Scared of saying the wrong thing. Scared of making the widow cry. Worse yet, scared of making her put on a smile, fix coffee and listen patiently to your grief stories. You never mean to make it about you, it’s just that you get nervous and it’s kind of good to talk to someone you don’t have to explain things to…"
Mother & Daughter on Losing “G-mom”
Grief is never isolated to one person; it is felt across communities and especially across families. These two accounts--one from the daughter and one from the granddaughter--highlight that reality.