Tag: Death

"In the midst of this grasping and searching for the right words to help others, or to even to soothe our own souls, we tend to believe and say things that are not necessarily biblically true."

"He rubbed Owen's back, wiped his tears and walked off..."

"Why was our future stolen away from us in the most callous of ways?"

"I cry the whole way home. I looked up your daughter on Facebook. She was beautiful. Just graduated high school. She had a whole life and world ahead of her. It isn’t fair..."

"I was holding a newborn, the symbol of all that is fresh and new and pure, and still I was death-ruminating. It was embarrassing, and paralyzing, and made a lovely cocktail of dysfunction when mixed with the fresh sting of grief."

All of a sudden, "Open when you miss me" took on a tragic new meaning.

"Don’t keep the alabaster jars of your love and encouragement sealed up until your friends are dead. Flood their lives with its scent today."

Within 24 hours, it showed up on his doorstep...