The Unthinkable Loss of an Only Child: Learning to Breathe Again When you lose your only child, the world stops. The air in your home feels heavy and foreign. The silence, once golden, becomes a deafening echo of memories and milestones that will never be. In one...
Can I Be Mad at God? Can I be mad at God after loss of a child? The question isn’t loud. It’s a whisper that surfaces in the crushing silence of a now-too-quiet house. It’s a thought that flashes in the dead of night when sleep won’t come, and the reality of loss...
The Complicated Grief of Losing a Child to Addiction Losing a child to addiction is a grief unlike any other. It comes with the searing pain of loss, but also with layers of complexity—stigma, misunderstanding, and an endless web of “what ifs.” Many of us in the Ian’s...
Small Anchors for Overwhelming Grief Verses for the Hardest Days There are days when grief is a storm. It is a physical weight that pushes down on your chest, making it hard to breathe, let alone read or think or function. On these days, well-meaning advice can feel...
Giving Voice to Anger Poems for the Unspoken Rage in Grief Of all the emotions that churn in the storm of grief, anger is often the most judged. It’s the one we’re told to let go of, the one we feel ashamed to admit. We are told to be sad, but not to be angry. But for...
Signs and Whispers Poems for Finding Connection to Your Child After Loss In the quiet landscape of grief, amidst the sorrow, a moment of connection can feel like a ray of light. For many of us walking this path, there are small, unexplainable moments that feel like a...
