I am a hard-working homeschooling mom who loves Jesus!! I have been married to the same amazing man for 18 years!!! We have been in local church ministry for over 20 years (the majority of time in youth ministry) and God has blessed us with amazing children!!
Over the last 3 years God has been taking me through some really hard struggles. He is now leading me out of my comfort zone to share these hard moments with you. 3 years ago my brother was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. 2 years later I was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. In the last 7 years, 8 significant family members have passed away, two of them being my brother who passed away last November and my mother-in-law who passed away in April of this year. All of those losses (and facing the great possibility of dying myself) have culminated in a great desire to search for answers about life and its purpose, death, the dying process and what happens after we die.
I will share with you the hope that God has given me as I have wrestled and continue to wrestle though these hard questions of life.
I am looking forward to reading your blog Cathy. I am very proud of you and your decision to take this next step in your journey.
Thank you for all your encouragement Pastor Greg!!
You absolutely amaze me every second of every day….. My Mormor(Swedish for mom’s mom aka grandma on mom’s side) passed away on Christmas 3 or 4 years ago, I forget right now, but that loss, especially on Christmas Day will never be forgotten, and we try to turn it into a sweet memory, but it still hurts so bad… It’s so difficult to look at the good times because you can’t have anymore of them … Thanks you for talking about loss, it’s almost a taboo subject, or it hurts, but we should talk about loss and love… It makes us stronger to know we are not the only one! I appreciate you Cathy… And I’m so thankful you’re in my families life. We are better just from knowing you and I can’t wait to read your blog all the time 😁😀
Thank you so much Jennifer!! You are so encouraging to me!! We are so blessed to know you! I pray this blog will help you and bring you comfort as you continue to mourn the loss of your precious grandmother!! Her life is very precious!!