It hurts. I felt exactly the same way after we lost Andrew, our second loss in 8 months, and with no explanation. Every early afternoon, I would walk over to her grave, lay down across it, and listen to Marillion’s Afraid of Sunlight. Sometime in the hour or so visit, I would just raise my … Continue reading It hurts
Upon those in the tombs…
...bestowing life.Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!Pascha is a poignant time for most who have lost babies or children. We desperately want our babies with us to celebrate Pascha and their absence is a gaping wound. I've had just as many painful and at times, bitter, thoughts about missing my two boys this year … Continue reading Upon those in the tombs…
Why?
The question we have all asked. The question many of us still ask. How I wish I had an answer to give. I don't.[Note: everything that follows is purely out of my own scattered head, not accepted doctrine. I am neither a theologian nor a spiritually enlightened person, so don't take this as anything beyond … Continue reading Why?