I always knew it deep in my spirit but until death walked across MY threshold I was able to ignore it: Death Matters.
Death-in every form-reminds me that this world is not as God intended.
It reminds me that Christ’s sacrifice was necessary.
I reminds me that earth is not my true home.
There are some days I hate the burden of knowing intimately how very much death matters.
❤ Melanie
2016: Death Matters
This talk that death doesn’t matter, that the grave isn’t awful and that separation from the ones we love for the duration of our earthly sojourn is not all that bad in light of eternity upsets me.
Revisit the first three chapters of Genesis and you understand.
God’s original creation did not include death.
Read the rest here: Death Matters
2017: Curating Grief
I wrote this post 18 months ago after a number of incidents when friends and family members tried to tell me how long to grieve, what my grieving should look like and (most hurtful) how my son would want me to grieve.
I rejected that notion then, and I reject it now.
Most of us have taken a class or two in literature–we read other people’s writing and sit around discussing “what it really means”. My husband has always scoffed at the notion that anyone but the author knows that.
Me–I love books, plays and poetry so I’ve spent a lifetime reading and trying to interpret the meaning of others’ words.
But now I find I’m leaning more toward my husband’s point of view.
One of the challenges I face as a grieving parent is finding that other people want to interpret my experience for me.
Read the rest here: curating grief
2018: Should I Do Something? YES!
It’s possible to stand frozen at the corner of good intentions and helpful action.
I’ve done it dozens of times.
And every time I’ve allowed myself to swallow “but I don’t know what to do” and done nothing I’ve regretted it.
Every. Single. Time.
So I’m here to tell you that when you get that urge, feel that itch, hear that still, small voice that says, “DO something“, then do it.
Read the rest here: Should I DO Something? Yes. Absolutely.
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