Tears in the produce aisle of Wal-Mart. Hugs at the gas station. An affectionate gaze at the pizza shop. Created by death. To you, I’m all the depth without any superficial. The person who helped you walk through the shadow. The person who stood with you as you said your last goodbye. As the […]
My dad found this in the funeral home. It looks like it could easily be over 50 years old. It captures the tension that exists in the funeral business … the tension of being so involved in humanity yet so easily perceived as cold hearted and un-human.
Leanne Penny’s journey has taken some heartbreaking turns. Including her sister’s car-train accident, losing her father to heart disease and her mother to suicide. Through all this pain she has chosen to persevere. God has led her to share her story of hurting, healing and choosing joy as a writer and blogger at leannepenny.com. You can […]
This blog has afforded me a number of privileges, the greatest of which has been the connections I’ve made with those in the blogging community who are grieving. Grieving hard. Young woman who have lost their spouses. Suicides. One man whose wife was raped then murdered. Miscarriages. Then, there are the slow deaths from dementia […]
Tor Constantino is an ex-journalist, current public relations professional who has worked for CBS Radio and ABC, CBS television stations. He contributes to RELEVANT magazine, http://ChristianPost.com, SCL and his blog, http://www.torconbooks.com. You can also follow him on Twitter. ***** It feels surreal and unnatural to lose both parents within such a brief span of time – little more […]