by Natalie Nyquist | Jun 1, 2023 | Literature
Sometimes bravery is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain. —Veronica Roth, Allegiant, p.509 We always remember the moments when reading changed us. Books that nestled deep, becoming companions for years into decades. Words received from someone who owned...
by Lisa Appelo | Feb 1, 2023 | Lifestyle
The soft chimes on my phone alarm sounded on the nightstand next to me. I opened my eyes long enough to find the phone, slide the alarm to snooze, and set it back down. For one blissful second, life felt good and normal. But just as quickly, the bleak reality of my...
by Connie Gochenaur | Oct 1, 2022 | Faith and Culture
I recently had a birthday. The second birthday I’ve “celebrated” without my husband. That’s how I track time now. Before he died. After he died. That’s not grief or mourning. It’s just the way it is. Keeping track of time by his...
by Ronne Rock | Dec 1, 2021 | Faith and Culture
Pain is a strange companion of ours, whether we like it or not. There’s pain in our very welcome to this world, we fall and scrape our knees as we learn to walk, baby teeth have to be pulled in order for permanent teeth to show up and do their work. Seeds must shatter...
by Melie Williams | Dec 1, 2021 | Faith and Culture
I’m sitting here writing an article about grieving at a time when I’m grieving more than I ever have in my life. You might think it’s the worst time to tackle a topic like this, but in some ways it’s therapeutic. My husband, excuse me, ex-husband, filed for divorce a...
