Category Archives: My Grief Observed

I didn’t like any of my other ideas for today’s post so I decided to participate in Five Minute Friday again. Every Friday, The Gypsy Mama offers a writing prompt and suggests you write about that subject for five minutes … Continue reading →

Until about a week ago, my oldest’s favorite t-shirt was a Life is Good shirt that a Boston buddy handed down to him a couple of years ago. Sometimes even clean clothes he doesn’t want to put away end up in his … Continue reading →

Technically, I’ve already fulfilled my homework requirements for the first week of my Backpacking through Joshua Bible study, but I still have some wonderings about the first chapter of Joshua that are taking up valuable real estate in my brain. … Continue reading →

I’ll eat red velvet today and think of you. I will light a candle and remember…. ….your sweet tooth. ….your mischievous grin and one-of-a-kind laugh when something or someone got you tickled. ….the complete and utter delight you took in … Continue reading →

I didn’t intend to leave you all hanging by a question mark on my last post. But before I tell you how Phil Vischer’s story spoke to my heart’s cry to be famous (for God ), I want to tell … Continue reading →

“Mama, tomorrow when you come in here to wake me up, DO NOT just turn on the big light. I want you to come sit on my bed and scratch my back and talk softly and say, ‘Morning. It’s time … Continue reading →

(*MGO stands for My Grief Observed. These are the thoughts I’m writing as a process my grief over my dad’s finish to his battle with brain cancer.) Shortly after the doctors found the second tumor in my dad’s brain, my … Continue reading →

*MGO stands for My Grief Observed. These are the posts I’m writing as I struggle with my dad’s death. A year ago last Friday we had just arrived in town to celebrate Christmas with my family. A year and two … Continue reading →

*MGO stands for My Grief Observed. These are the posts I’m writing when I need to work through the loss of my daddy. They are not light and fluffy. Many parents tell their kids they can be anything they want … Continue reading →