My life ended. My grief journey began.
The Essays.
This web site has been built to share these very special essays. Each one is a glimpse of my struggle with the grief I have experienced since God answered my prayers that my dear sweet Joann would no longer be suffering.
It is a place I sincerely pray you never have to understand.
In taking this journey you are doing an amazingly brave thing. You are choosing to enter my world. A world in which words are inadequate to describe. While you are here with me, your sharing of these essays will bring me a bit of comfort since sharing these deepest of deep thoughts and emotions is one of the greatest gifts of support you can give.
There are difficult moments in what you are about to read - moments I experience quite regularly. For you, your trip will only be temporary. Yes, when you leave you will return to your world. A world where I pray you can then appreciate not only my struggle, but also the struggle of others who face grief on a daily basis.
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Although this is a journey through my life in the state of grief it is something more.
It is a love story.
It is not necessarily a story about love that has been lost - the love I have for my dear wife is not something that can be lost - only interrupted.
Interrupted by death.
That separation, that absence is what my journey is all about. Death is something no one really understands or knows how to deal with.
But my sweetie and I were blessed to be led to know what is ahead. You will read about it in the essays because it was part of the fabric of our lives. As I record my deep endless struggles to face the harsh reality of this broken world - the hope and faith and confidence that God has given me (and gave her in the most remarkable way) comes through as it should. Because there is nothing that can stop it.
We were granted an incredible bond and I was blessed beyond measure by being able to live with the most amazing person I could ever have had the privilege of knowing - let alone being able to share my life with.
It’s that story you will find in the background of these essays. It’s there because it is the foundation of our lives. And behind that foundation is God and His Son. Their love is what keeps me going and blessed me with 47 years with the girl of my dreams.