Lauren Flake - Grief & Texas
It’s now been over a decade (and two daughters) since our miscarriage. My pregnancy loss was the first really difficult thing (besides my mom’s early onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis) that I experienced without her support. Yet, it made me feel closer to her because I knew she had walked that path. Not only did she have […]
Is your heart a little broken this Mother’s Day? My last good visit with my mom was Mother’s Day 2013. My brother and I went to see our mother together in the nursing home. She had been living there for the last five years of her life. She was lost in the late stages of early […]
I am pleased to introduce you to the Texas Strong Woman of the Month–veteran, firefighter wife, mom, business owner, and one of my best friends–Brandy Alexander. Meet Brandy Alexander Although she was born in Fort Worth, Brandy spent her middle school and high school years in central Illinois before joining the Army. She left for […]
The brave ladies in this winter’s Permission to Grieve series have been such a blessing to me. When Kelly Nickerson contacted me about contributing a guest post, I was immediately overwhelmed by her story of loss and inspired by her acceptance of her calling to comfort those who are grieving. Today, Kelly shares how God prepared her heart […]
In our fourth installment of this winter’s Permission to Grieve series, LaRae Humes, my fellow Austinite, shares how her recent experience grieving multiple miscarriages taught her that God’s love never fails. Permission to Grieve I had never truly lost something before 2014. Sure, a pet fish would bite the dust or a dog would run away, but the […]