grief – Those Who Mourn

What St. Mary Magdalene Teaches Us About Loving Through Grief

July 9, 2026

I know how I feel when I have been crying for days and am emotionally drained. I picture Mary Magdalene, exhausted from watching the Man who changed her life be brutally murdered. I’m sure she got little to no sleep the night before. Her eyes were probably swollen from crying. Her shoulders likely sagged under the weight of grief. Every step toward the tomb must have felt heavy. … More What St. Mary Magdalene Teaches Us About Loving Through Grief

Summer Feels Different When You’re Grieving

June 11, 2026

One of the hardest parts of grief is realizing your emotional bandwidth has changed. You may want to attend the graduation party, family reunion, church picnic, neighborhood cookout, or weekend trip. But wanting to and being able to are not always the same thing. … More Summer Feels Different When You’re Grieving

Sometimes There Are no Answers

March 12, 2026

We humans have this universal desire to find answers and explanations. We want things to be logical, make sense, and feel fair. That rarely happens with grief. We want to reason away the pain and make it make sense. We do it a lot in grief, and in our responses to others’ grief. … More Sometimes There Are no Answers

When You Just Want Relief From The Pain

March 12, 2026

Jesus does not stand at the finish line of your healing, waiting for you to figure it out. He meets you in the middle of the ache, in the fatigue, in the desire for it all to stop hurting. Rest is not something you earn by doing grief “right.” It is something you receive, little by little along the way. … More When You Just Want Relief From The Pain

Valentine’s Day When You’re Grieving

February 12, 2026

For many grieving hearts, Valentine’s Day isn’t just about missing someone. It’s about feeling left out of a world that seems to have moved on without you. … More Valentine’s Day When You’re Grieving

Verses for the Brokenhearted

February 12, 2026

As part of the paradox of grief, the way we choose to move through grief can harden our hearts or it can soften them; it can make us more receptive to God and to neighbor, or it can make us put up walls, keeping others out. In isolation, we often choose things that lead us into more distress or trouble. … More Verses for the Brokenhearted

A New Year’s Kiss

January 8, 2026

Several years ago, when we had only been married about two and half years, I was really struggling with idea of a new year – another new year with no living baby, but three little saints. With each gathering, I couldn’t help but think of the little ones who were missing. … More A New Year’s Kiss

Go home, my love

January 8, 2026

Go home my love, go home my love
To the place where you belong.
You’re home my love, you’re home my love
Because you were so strong. … More Go home, my love

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas

December 11, 2025

The glory is that God used my brokenness and suffering to lead me to freedom. I was desperate for God to save my son, but instead God saved me. … More On the Twelfth Day of Christmas

If I Had Only Known: Grieving the Moments We Took for Granted

November 13, 2025

Remember there is no time like the present. When we find the ‘what ifs’ creeping in, use that opportunity thank the person now in your heart. Write them a letter telling them how much you appreciated everything they did for you. Have a Mass said for them. You can do acts of service in their name. … More If I Had Only Known: Grieving the Moments We Took for Granted