What Comes Out When Your Ache is Triggered?
It is only when our expectations of what we thought God would do are put to question that we more rightly discover who God is and our expectations are set more fully on Him.
I Must See the King
Family arrived yesterday… everyone. 13 of us now here to celebrate Christmas, it’s going to be epic…it’s already been epic. We put up a tire swing, have a timeout box for our phones to keep us connected to each other and not our phones and today we’re going to Seaworld. #Parrottsinparadise (yes, Parrott is my…
He’s Always Whispering
They are whispers of His love. Happening amidst the chaos of the night, amidst the moments when all I hear is my own heart shouting in protest of this pain. And until I step back, I hardly know there have been whispers at all. Like a dark cloud with only moments of sunshine, the grief still looms…
Embracing the Ache
Mother’s day is over. Just the day before I had lamented to my husband… “this is the stupidest holiday” in the midst of an emotional downward spiral where all of the sadness stirring in me just couldn’t stay well… in me. But, as I fell asleep at the end of Mother’s Day, the day I…
Bring Your Broken
It was a “sovereign” meltdown as we sat around the table passing around the phone and talking with Jess, one of 12 college friends who have been gathering together over the past 15 years since we graduated. We’ve celebrated each other’s joys and grieved each other’s losses. We’ve gone from late night giggles over crushes,…
Grief and Sod
It was what would’ve been Dasah’s two-month birthday but instead of taking cute photos of her I was standing at her gravesite for the first time since we buried her. It was a beautiful day and somehow as I was driving that day I found myself turning at the road that goes into the cemetery…
To Weep With Those Who Weep
Today, I’m excited for this guest post by my brother, Luke Parrott. And while I might be a bit biased since he’s my brother, this post he wrote originally on his blog, here, greatly opened my eyes and heart to what it looks like to suffer with those who suffer, to weep with those who weep and the…
“We Are Thankful For Nothing On This Stupid Planet” – I Peter 1:3-9
For those in deep grief… fresh grief… let this bring freedom to your hearts, a little laughter to your soul and give you a picture of the rare opportunity you have, this holiday season to truly know with great joy & thankfulness, in a way that only deep grief & brokenness can bring, that this world is…
A Vision for Healing for Friends Who Have Lost a Baby, and for Friends Who Have Just Had One
Let’s just call a spade a spade… you just lost your baby and your friend just had one, or has a growing bump declaring there’s a new life coming and all you can think of is the new life that you’ve lost. And it hurts, it’s painful, it’s bittersweet but often mostly bitter. There’s the…
We Grieve On Friday…and Rejoice On Sunday!
“He is Risen… He is RISEN indeed.” What a glorious truth that is for us today. When you experience firsthand the realities of death… the hope of the resurrection becomes all the more powerful. And today, we have hope in the midst of our sadness and our longing that we’d be putting on Sophie’s first…