Encouragement Ideas

Hello Friend, I have added a resource page to this site where I will share what I have read, listened to, or experienced in my new chapter. Please check it out and feel free to send me a contact email with other resources you have found helpful to you.

One of the most helpful resources that cannot be simply listed on a page within a website is that of caring, compassionate, patient, understanding and willing friends who have listened, encouraged, prayed over me and shared a moment with me on my new journey. If you are wondering how to reach out to someone who is grieving the loss of a loved on this season, PLEASE do! Here are a few ideas:
• A simple card or note in the mail is so very tangible and can be read over and over as well as placed somewhere as a visual reminder of someone who cares.
• A text of voice mail message that says I care
• An invitation to attend an event or simply go shopping or for a cup of coffee
• A note with scripture or simple prayer
• Be available to listen to the grieving one share about their loved one
Anything that would make your day, will make a huge difference in the day and season of one who is grieving. And as a side note, please do not expect or anticipate a response or expectation. The time will come for some to reply, but for some just getting by is enough and your expression is a gift.

In my own personal space I have shared with you how difficult this new chapter for me is. I cannot even imagine how it would be without knowing that Jesus is in this with me and that my husband is in his presence. However the sudden absence of him in my life, the memories once shared at the holidays, and the absolute absence of him is sometimes overwhelming. I find myself wanting to be alone, and then wanting to be anywhere but where I am. Please know that grieving takes one on a very unusual path that can change at a moments notice or daily. With that said, please if you know of someone alone this holiday season, they need you! Maybe not in the way they did in the past or not at all how you might anticipate their need. But they need to know that they are not forgotten along with their loved one. Please forgive me if I sound preachy or bossy, just sharing my heart and hope that someone out there will feel and experience your kindness and comfort today.

Thank you again for taking a moment out of your day to share with me. I am truly thankful for you. May God Bless You and Yours as you prepare for Christmas Day.

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another … Colossians 3:12