Welcome to the twelfth day of the 2018 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Challenges. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for yesterday’s topic, Tradition. It’s been 2 1/2 years since my mother died. I’m still grieving, and I don’t think I’ll ever stop. Time… [Read More]
Reflections on Faith -- Christian Feminist Blog
Muddling Through Without My Mom
Thursday of last week marked two years since my mother died. Two years without my mom. It just doesn’t seem real. Part of me is still in denial, two years after my mother’s death. How could someone so vibrant and loving and precious not be alive? Coming to terms with grief isn’t about “moving on.”… [Read More]
Meet the Flongs // Religion
It has been a hectic month, to say the least. Somehow March has gone by both slowly and quickly at the same time. After all the work I put into this year’s #LoveBlog, I did enjoy the chance to take a step back from blogging in March. I even posted less to Instagram this month!… [Read More]
7 Scripture Readings on Service
Welcome to the seventh day of #LoveBlog! Today’s prompt is A Servant’s Heart. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. It’s not too late to link up for yesterday’s prompt, Memories. I know that not all of my readers are Christians. However, I do believe that most of my readers… [Read More]
Please Don’t Compare Your Grief to My Own
Welcome to the fifth day of #LoveBlog! Today’s prompt is Loss. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. It’s not too late to link up for yesterday’s prompt, The 5 Love Languages. My mom’s death is the worst event of my entire life. My grief is more painful and… [Read More]
Life Lessons from a Celebration of Life (Guest Post by Libbi)
Today should be my mother’s 62nd birthday and my parent’s 32nd wedding anniversary. Instead, it’s just another painful reminder that my mother died more than a year ago. I spent most of last December in a deep state of depression. I’ve never used the words “depression” or “depressed” very lightly. I try to take mental… [Read More]