How My Husband’s Death Changed the Way I Saw Easter
How many times in my Christian life have I heard that Jesus rose from the grave? How many times...
Walking Through Tragedy: Looking for Graces
While driving one day, I was stopped at a busy intersection, and I looked up to see a beautiful...
When Families Can’t Gather
Our mobile society has made gathering as a family even more important than in the past. It used to...
How I found Stability in an Unstable World
“Ma’am, Your husband is dead.” I just couldn’t believe what I was hearing. It was a terrible...
‘Mom, I Am Their Father’
My children were just babies when my husband, David, was killed in a head-on collision. Ben had...
Confessions of a Young Widow
Not long ago, I was in a discussion group of singles, but there happened to be one young married...
A Time to Grieve During Stepfamily Holidays
My stepson Will and daughter-in-law, Kirsten, were driving in from Dallas to stay at our house...
Finding my ‘Boaz’
When my husband, David, died in a terrible car accident in 2010, I grew close to my mother-in-law,...
Losing a Spouse is for Life
I was only married to David Beasley for seven years when he was struck and killed during a work...
Two Funerals and a Wedding
It was a sunny Fourth of July weekend. Red roses and navy ribbons were the ideal backdrop for my...