Category: Grief

Isaiah 35:1 “The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.” It is Easter as I write this, a time when we remember that the joy of Easter...

Was I afraid of Tom dying? Not really. I pictured us growing old together, enjoying each other’s company. Did we have any warning in advance that Tom was going to die?  Well, yes and...

Comments based on the book “A Grief Observed” by C.S.Lewis.

One hears a lot of platitudes when folk offer their condolences, but not many of them are helpful at the time. It is true that time heals and that he didn’t have a long...

I suppose that death becomes more of a reality the older one gets. In the past year, six of my friends have lost their partners. Each time I heard the sad news, a stab...