Grieving
One Week
I have been pouring over Gabe’s posts for the past few days. My sweet Michele followed him every step of the way after losing her friend, Lindsay and particularly after the apparent miracle we received last year when we almost lost her on the operating table during the summer of 2011. ”Honey, come read what [&hellip
Now what?
So – Michele is gone. I understand this, yet I can’t believe it. I can intellectualize it, but I can’t accept it yet. …so the big question is now what do I do? Everybody gives advice nobody (except perhaps for Gabe and some of the folks on here dealing with the same issues) GETS IT. [&hellip
How it Began
My story begins when I was born, December 25th, 1984. It was a Tuesday in Amman, Jordan. My parents, both Muslim-born and raised, brought up my three siblings and I to be kind and loving, and to think of others. We had a great and normal childhood. During my 6th grade year, they decided that [&hellip
Everything You Are
Hey you, in the grey dress… I think I like you. How about you come with me for a little while? I don’t know you, but I would like to. I can fall in love with you and you with me. We can see what happens. I want your kisses for a little while. You [&hellip
I See You
John 20:29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” Growing up in a Christian household I have been blessed with believing with a childlike mind, which over time has grown in to something that I never imagined. I have always [&hellip
Days
Day 304, I have gone to bed 303 times without you next to me. I have woken up 303 times to the thought of you not being here. I have done a lot since you left me here. I am just trying to figure this thing out. Just when I think I have it figured [&hellip
Sixth Sense
To travel outside of your home is to share a world outside of your own. I was fortunate enough to recently take a trip down the California coast. It was 10 nights, 11 days, Highway 1 with the top down on a Jeep Wrangler, driving one of the most beautiful stretches of land this country [&hellip
Be Still and Know
I often wonder at the moment someone passes away what they experience. Maybe for each source of death it is different or maybe whether you drown or pass away in your sleep, it is exactly the same. The moment your soul leaves your body and those few milli-seconds before are all the same. The exact [&hellip
My Side
When Lindsay and I decided to build a new house, we were excited because it was going to be “ours.” We would decide the layout, the paint, the brick, the cabinets, the floors… everything was going to have our stamp on it. When we moved in, we picked our side of the closet, our side [&hellip
Can you hear it?: Part 7 of 7
Holding on… but all good things must come to an end… I had these sort of spiritual happenings, where I truly believe God is trying to talk to me. With that comes great responsibility and sometimes great burdens. I have to discern where these things are coming from… Is it the Lord or is it [&hellip
