This blog came to me as I was out getting my morning exercise walk in today.  My routine varies – sometime I jam to my favorite Christian rap, sometimes it’s praise music, other times I call friends/family who are on my mind and other times I pray as I’m walking.  This morning was one of those prayer mornings.

I was praying for a particular student at my daughter’s High School who has really experienced a lot of loss in the last few months as have many students there. It started with the passing of father of someone on the football team, then a tragic accident involving a player who lost his young brother and the most recent was the loss of the Cheerleading Coach.  He was on my mind and heart as dying and death are so difficult, even for adults to understand.  By the time I arrived back to write this blog I had received a call from a client who had just returned from taking care of her mothers funeral up north and an inbox message from a woman who had taken my last Freedom from Worry class because of the passing this year of her husband.  She had recently moved to be with her son who was now suffering from the same cancer her husband had passed away from.  She was thanking me for the scripture and tools she had learned in the class that were helping her praise God even in the difficult times.  A quick glance of my news feed on Facebook and there are many many more – the fund raiser for the single mom of 2 dying of cancer, the Mom whose toddler is fighting a similar battle, a dear friend out of state whose teenager is finishing up treatment for leukemia.

Death and dying is so difficult to deal with  – I think because it’s so much more than just the loss of someone.  Our soul during this time carries a heavy burden of emotions. Read the rest of this entry →