Monthly Archives: October 2015
After I published Forever Kalei’s Mom, I gave a copy of the book to a good neighbour of mine. After congratulating me he said, “Are you happy now?” I must confess; that question took me by surprise as I had no idea I appeared unhappy. As I stood there wondering what to say, he added, “Now that you have published your book, have you found peace?” Ah ha, I thought, he is not asking a book question, he is asking…..
Last week, SimpleGrace.com was kind enough to publish an article I wrote about my spirituality. I’ve copied the link to the article below. I hope you enjoy it! PS: The title is not mine…I said the post was about faith and the website I sent it to came up with this one. I don’t believe I ever ‘lost’ God; we might have ‘talked’ more after her death but the title itself misrepresents the tone of the post. http://www.simplegrace.com/posts/how-i-found-god-after-my-daughter-died-72957
Shortly after Kalei’s death, my home started filling up with angel paintings, statues and figurines. At one time, there were over 100 angel images in various shapes and sizes on the main floor alone. While that number has been greatly reduced over the years, the items that are left continue to figure prominently in my life. Some are associated with a comfort memory, several are loving gifts and a few remain only because they provide me with something to touch when I…..
The short answer to that question is, “No, it does not, at least not the unimaginable kind.” That being said, like most things in life, grief presents itself in degrees. The percentage reached is dependent on the physical who, what, when, where and why of each grief driven event. If the experience is imaginable the peak might be high initially, but the mind quickly takes charge and forces the grief driven pain into manageable levels. However, when the event is unimaginable,…..
There is no doubt that dead is a tough word. It is even tougher to handle when attached to the name of a child. If there were a top-10 list of unimaginable life experiences, the death of a child would be number one. On August 20, 2001, the unimaginable happened to me: my daughter, Kalei, was killed in a car crash. She was 16 and a half years old. Desperate for insight into the new world in which I found…..
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