I am weeping for your losses and my own. Maybe I’ve just been trying to fight sadness, trying to get over it, hoping I could outrun it. Thank you for this vulnerable piece that welcomes us to confess the sadness. I’m afraid to make a list but maybe it’s what I need to do.
Oh Bethany, I hope you let the sadness be. Can't outrun it, rename it, repackage it. It took me many weeks to sit down and write this list. Finally felt ready to give them face. Grace to you . . . when and as you do ♡
Dearest Rachel, There is a lump in my throat and water in my eyes. You have the courage to say, eloquently, what many of us tuck inside and whisper only to ourselves. Sending up prayers, hoping to hold you close one day. 💞
I thought of you as I wrote that little line . . . sadness isn't something to get over. Grateful for the way you've invited me into your griefs. Also thankful for how you've encouraged me through mine ♡
Your last email hugged me on a day I needed it most. Miss you big, Emma, and hope to catch up soon and hear about life these days. Thankful for your ♡, always.
I sighed so deeply with you as I read through your honesty. Giving space to be sad, to lament, is important. It’s Biblical and like you said, so often avoided and overlooked. Thank you for sharing that this isn’t tide up...not yet. And for giving others permission to sit with their sadness. Praying for amazing beauty to rise from these ashes. 💛🙏🏽
I sit in the ashes with you, sister. If I listed all the broken in my current season, no one would believe it all. That’s how deep and unrelenting the path is and has been since the death of my son. It just keeps pounding away. Praying for you!
Btw- I also have Hashimoto’s as well as RA and Sjogren’s. It’s maddening!
Keep holding space for the sadness, even when the world doesn't understand it all. Wish I could send flowers for every loss, Faith. Thankful you're here ♡
Rach thank you for your courage and honesty here, and for giving so many of us the permission to process our losses without a tidy bow. Love you, sister ❤️
I think you and I are connected. I’ve started a new gen Ed course this semester called ‘death and dying’. My reasoning - we need to talk about this!!!!
Now you post your thoughts on your life. It’s so hard, I’m sorry for your struggles, I’m sorry for the pandemic and our general loss and I’m struggling with every specific loss…we all need to talk about ALL this. Jesus is a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief too. We come to one who shared all our humanity.
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Thanks for those ♡♡
So many long, tight hugs from afar, my sister friend.
Hugging you right back ♡
I am weeping for your losses and my own. Maybe I’ve just been trying to fight sadness, trying to get over it, hoping I could outrun it. Thank you for this vulnerable piece that welcomes us to confess the sadness. I’m afraid to make a list but maybe it’s what I need to do.
Oh Bethany, I hope you let the sadness be. Can't outrun it, rename it, repackage it. It took me many weeks to sit down and write this list. Finally felt ready to give them face. Grace to you . . . when and as you do ♡
Sweet friend..... Gonna send you a voice message. 💙 love you.
You ♡
Dearest Rachel, There is a lump in my throat and water in my eyes. You have the courage to say, eloquently, what many of us tuck inside and whisper only to ourselves. Sending up prayers, hoping to hold you close one day. 💞
I hope the same too, Judy. And to think — we'll be so close this fall. Someday. And thanks for the tender love and care in your words ♡
I have to find the words to write Rachel. For now, my spirit grieves with you. 🥺😢💔🙏🏼🕯️🕊️❤️🩹🤍💚
I thought of you as I wrote that little line . . . sadness isn't something to get over. Grateful for the way you've invited me into your griefs. Also thankful for how you've encouraged me through mine ♡
I feel your words something deep. They help me feel a little less lost today.
Tash ♡ We both pine in our separate worlds . . . and somehow that tethers us together. Grateful for you.
I, We, love you.
Thank you for starting this important conversation - we are grieving
Your last email hugged me on a day I needed it most. Miss you big, Emma, and hope to catch up soon and hear about life these days. Thankful for your ♡, always.
I sighed so deeply with you as I read through your honesty. Giving space to be sad, to lament, is important. It’s Biblical and like you said, so often avoided and overlooked. Thank you for sharing that this isn’t tide up...not yet. And for giving others permission to sit with their sadness. Praying for amazing beauty to rise from these ashes. 💛🙏🏽
One big, collective sigh . . . for all of us. Thanks for these words, Torrie—and your heart ♡
I sit in the ashes with you, sister. If I listed all the broken in my current season, no one would believe it all. That’s how deep and unrelenting the path is and has been since the death of my son. It just keeps pounding away. Praying for you!
Btw- I also have Hashimoto’s as well as RA and Sjogren’s. It’s maddening!
Keep holding space for the sadness, even when the world doesn't understand it all. Wish I could send flowers for every loss, Faith. Thankful you're here ♡
Thank you for such honesty.
Thank you for hearing it all ♡
‘Sadness isn’t something to get over.’ I needed those words tonight.
So glad those words met you with grace ♡
🧡 no words right now. Just swelling heart.
Swelling heart for you too ♡
Rach thank you for your courage and honesty here, and for giving so many of us the permission to process our losses without a tidy bow. Love you, sister ❤️
Grateful for these kinds words . . . and for your heart . . . and for the way you do the same, my friend ♡
Sending lots of love and hugs.
Praise God!
I think you and I are connected. I’ve started a new gen Ed course this semester called ‘death and dying’. My reasoning - we need to talk about this!!!!
Now you post your thoughts on your life. It’s so hard, I’m sorry for your struggles, I’m sorry for the pandemic and our general loss and I’m struggling with every specific loss…we all need to talk about ALL this. Jesus is a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief too. We come to one who shared all our humanity.