Lessons #3 & #4. Ending 2022 " Replacing despair with Joy" and 'Will you help me forgive and extend Grace and not let bitterness settle in" .. Wow big lessons for me ending this year. It was a challenging year but God is good and he got us through it. Listen in on the final episode of 2022 and I hope it will encourage you and give you strength to persevere and find Joy in 2023!!

Lesson #2. " Focus on your Blessings"  Handling the holidays can seem overwhelming when you are grieving the loss of someone you love.  Something's that helped me on my grief journey is this amazing verse, Proverbs 3;5-6  "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding: in all ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight"! Listen in and see how the smallest things you can do to remember your loved ones and to focus on the blessing that they were in your life. 

Lesson #1. "Allow your self to Grieve"  This is a 4 part series of the lessons that I have learned along my journey . As we come to the end of 2022 I want to share some encouraging words and scripture verses to navigate you through the tough times holidays can bring. 1 Peter 5:7 " Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."

"Reset and Recharge"  A big lesson I learned over the past few month " The Cycle of Emotions & Trust " Life is just messy and I want to encourage you to stay strong and trust.( Psalm 46:1) says " God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble". God will give you the strength you need to get you through each day. Be encouraged by this truth. 

'Your Story Doesn't End Here'. How does your grief tend to define who you are? Anyone that has walked through change has walked through loss, and all loss changes us, but it doesn't have to change our story it just gives us strength to write a new chapter. Listen in and get encouraged to press on, you can do it. 

A beautiful and amazing women Edy share her love story of 64 years of marriage to lose her husband Myers just 6 years ago. Edy is such an inspiration to so many and through her grief she says she found so much joy in the " Sea of peace".  Phillipians 4: vs 6-7 "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 6. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Listen in how a beautiful friend of mine found Joy through turning challenges into blessings. “What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings. They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.” Psalms 84:5-7

" A New Tomorrow"  Some one you loved died... and now you keep hoping or wishing that it wasn't true. Today I want to share with you hope and encourage you that you will find your way to a new tomorrow with God's word and promises! Luke 1:78- A new day will dawn on us from above because our God is loving and merciful. 79- He will give light to those who live in the dark and in death’s shadow.He will guide us into the way of peace.”

Real Talk!!! How did I find Joy in being a care taker??? If we desire to please God and be blessed, we should honor our parents. Honoring is not easy, is not always fun, and certainly is not possible in our own strength. But honor is a certain path to our purpose in life—glorifying God. “Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord” (Colossians 3:20).

This was a big one for me!!! Do you struggle with this??? Lean in and let me share with you some ways and steps to help you to navigate through being an empty nester...  Empty nest syndrome refers to the grief that many parents feel when their children move out of home. This condition is typically more common in women, who are more likely to have had the role of primary carer. Empty Nest Syndrome is a term that is used to describe the distressing responses that some parents experience when their last adult child leaves home permanently. Reactions might include: sadness, depression, irritability, anger, resentment, anxiety, guilt, loneliness, and even some physical symptoms.