Articles by Gary Roe
How Do I Live Through This Season of Sadness?
There are seasons in life. After a loss, we enter a season of grief - a season of sadness. Sadness is a natural and healthy emotion during a time of loss. At times, it can be deep and intense. How do we live well through a season of deep sadness? Is that even...
Are Past Losses Complicating My Grief?
This loss has brought up all the others.I keep thinking about the other people I’ve lost along the way.The pain is resurfacing. And now I have this new pain too.What do I do with all this?Are past losses making this loss harder? Our grief is never just about one loss....
When Grieving Hearts Need to Cry Out
Loss is terribly painful. The grief journey can be very challenging. I wanted to let you know that my new book Walking with God Through Grief: Devotions and Affirmations for Grieving Hearts has just been released. It is currently on New Release Special...
A Look Inside My New Book
People have asked me to share more about what my new book Walking with God Through Grief is about. To answer, allow me to share with you a portion of the book's introduction... WHAT THIS BOOK IS ALL ABOUT Loss is hard. The death of someone we love can be painful,...
How Do You Walk with God Through Grief?
People have asked me for more info about my upcoming book Walking with God Through Grief. In response, I thought I would share with you a portion of the book's introduction... WHAT THIS BOOK IS ALL ABOUT Loss is hard. The death of someone we love can be painful,...
When Grief Comes Out of Nowhere
Sometimes, I seem to be doing better, and then I get hit again. The grief comes and smacks me, seemingly out of nowhere. A song. A familiar place. A picture. A certain aroma. A sudden memory. Anything can set me off. The grief wells up inside me so quickly. It feels...
Why am I tired all the time?
I’m exhausted. I’m doing what I know to do to take care of myself, but I’m still walking around in a fog. I can’t think straight. My sleep isn’t what it was. My energy level is down. I drag myself out of bed. I drag myself around and out. I drag myself through work...
Why am I Still Here?
Why am I here?This loss has shattered my world and my illusions.I was moving, but I’m not sure I was going anywhere.My questions are larger and deeper now.Why are we here? What is this all about?Why am I here? What’s my purpose? Sir William Wallace reportedly once...
People I Counted on Disappeared
People I counted on disappeared.Everyone was supportive at first.Then, poof. No calls. No emails. No texts.What happened?I feel abandoned.Where did everyone go? People don’t know what to do with grief. This is strange considering we all deal with loss along the way....
How to Find Hope While Grieving
I’m sad and distraught. I’m angry and frustrated. My world has become dark. It’s almost as if hope has departed somehow. How can I find hope again? When a close, painful loss strikes, a domino effect of change begins. The initial loss spawns many others. Like ocean...
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