grief Archive

  • Shielding Children from our Emotions

    I’ve read some really sad things lately and have been experiencing some of my own sad moments (hey, I’m 39, so it’s time, no?), so I’ve been thinking a good bit about grief lately and about what grief looks like once you’re a parent.   […]

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  • Good Grief

    But in that moment, I acknowledge the reality that it's nearly impossible for me to go back, for my faith to be sufficient, for me to KNOW that there is a God and that he knows me.

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  • Bearing One Another’s Burdens

    Anyone who knows me even the least little bit knows that I’m quite open and honest about my failings as a parent. The list is long. Embarrassingly long. Nothing about parenting has come naturally to me and I have not enjoyed much of it (ouch, […]

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  • The Rabbit Hole

    Today’s guest post was written by Amanda Mixon, a graduate student of English at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. This is where John Cameron Mitchell’s (director) Rabbit Hole takes us: the mourning process; in media res. An adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire’s play of […]

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