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, Anxiety, Death and dying, Depression, Emotional pain, Fear, Forgiveness, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Healing, Holiday grief, Loneliness, Love, Regret, Relationships, Suffering and Pain
Loss is hard. One of my best friends died at age 12 and left me in a fog. My dad’s death when I was 15 shattered my world. Every loss since has been difficult and sometimes traumatic. I felt punched in the gut or like I had been hit by a train. Even if death was...
by Gary Roe | Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Loss of a Child, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, Sadness, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief
We’re all missing someone. Michelle sat across the table from me, turning her chicken salad over and over with her fork. “I should be over this by now,” she sighed. Michelle’s mother had passed away four months earlier. They had seen each other almost every day for a...
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 | 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...
