by Gary Roe | Anxiety, Courageous Living, Death and dying, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Loneliness, loss of a spouse, Physical symptoms, Purpose and meaning, Sadness, Trauma recovery
Life can take our breath away. Literally. “It’s constant. I had no idea how hard it would be. The depth of the grief is astounding,” Maggie shared. “Sometimes I feel like I can’t even catch my breath.” Maggie’s husband Ted had died of pancreatic cancer six months...
by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Courageous Living, Death and dying, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Faith, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Holiday grief, Hospice stories, Purpose and meaning, Suffering and Pain, Trauma recovery
Kids dream. For them, anything is possible. Then we grow up. We take some hits. Life doesn’t go the way we planned. We lose – relationships, jobs, opportunities, and people. The dreams morph over time. Then, well, they mostly disappear. And our broken hearts settle...
by Gary Roe | Anger management, Courageous Living, Death and dying, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Holiday grief, Hospice stories, Loneliness, Love, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Suffering and Pain, Trauma recovery
Sudden loss is shocking. Like a missile out of the blue, it can devastate our world in an instant. It happened so quickly “It happened so quickly. One minute he seemed fine, and the next he was gone. It was all so sudden,” Connie said through her tears. Matt...
by Gary Roe | Courageous Living, Death and dying, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Relationships, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain
We all grieve. We need each other, badly. That’s why I wrote Please Be Patient, I’m Grieving: How to Care For and Support the Grieving Heart. I hoped and prayed that together we could get this book into the hands of those who needed it. So far, the...
by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Courageous Living, Death and dying, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Healing from the past, Healing from trauma, Peace, Purpose and meaning, Relationships, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain
“Happy New Year!” they say. Because of heavy losses, some of us might take exception to the happy part. We might hope it’s better than last, but we can’t quite imagine what happy would be yet. Others of us are barely scraping by. We’re...
by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Anxiety, Courageous Living, Death and dying, Decision-making, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Holiday grief, Love, Relationships, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain
Grief is about to meet Thanksgiving. Which one will win? We think of these two as enemies. What if they could actually be friends? Holidays surface our losses. We’re assaulted by memories. Good times. Not so good times. But most of all, we wish for more time...
