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Category Archives: loss
“You’re not academic”
Another essay in. I still have 2 to do this year that I had deferred from previous years due to bereavements. It’s honestly a miracle I’ve got this far and I’m so grateful to God everytime I hand an essay … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Bereavement, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Perseverance, Theology, Widow
Tagged Academia, Bereavement, Christianity, Faith, Hope, life, loss, Theology, Thoughts, Widow
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Kindness
It wasn’t someone shouting at me that my beliefs were wrong that drew me to The Lord. It wasn’t someone screaming at me that I was ‘going to hell’ that drew me to The Lord. It wasn’t someone quoting Bible … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, counselling, Deconstruction, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Perseverance, Teaching, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, Christianity, Evangelical, Kindness, Liberal
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Chinks of light.
Phew. The third-year anniversary of John’s death is over. It was so hard this year. Every day since John died I have got out of bed straight away when I’ve been awake but twice in the last month I haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Theology, Uncategorized, Widow
Tagged Bereavement, grief, Hope, loss, Theology, Widow
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Christmas time.
The last day of the Christmas has arrived in the church calendar. Midnight Mass was beautiful, I cried even though I was serving but did it discreetly so no one saw, I was overwhelmed by the story of Jesus’ birth, … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Perseverance, Theology, Widow
Tagged Bereavement, Faith, feelings, grief, life, loss, pain, Theology, Widow, widowed
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Leftover thoughts.
A few thoughts following the last blog post. These thoughts actually started off as a thread of tweets but realised they could and probably should be a blog post. I have extended it a little too. a) My relationship with … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss, Uncategorized
Tagged blogging, Faith, grief, Widow
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This and that.
Haven’t written for a while. Life’s been trickling on steadily. Settling into the flat ok, Alfie and Eric my Yorkies are happy. It’s a difficult week this week, it should have been Mum’s Birthday a few days ago and it … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Faith, grief, Life, loss, Theology, Uncategorized, Widow
Tagged Bereavement, church, Faith, grief, life, loss, Warden, Widow
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Ruined but onward.
Yesterday, as I was in Warwickshire visiting my sister, I made a trip to Coventry Cathedral. I absolutely love that place, I always have done since I was a kid. One of the highlights of my life was working (and … Continue reading
