Prayers for Loved Ones Lost
This past week marked both Día de los Muertos and All Saints’ Day, special opportunities to honor the pain of losing loved
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November 7, 2021
death
How Grief Changed Once I Became a Mom
They say becoming a mom changes you, but for anyone who hasn’t birthed, fostered or adopted a child, those words can’t even
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December 6, 2020
Alzheimer’s Took My Mom’s Life. The Pandemic Took Her Funeral.
If you were only allowed to have ten people at your mother’s funeral, who would you pick? How would you decide? Could you
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October 11, 2020
It’s Been Almost 20 Years – A Prayer of Remembrance
“Remembrance begins with deep, personal identification. It begins with remembering the affliction of [others], and marking
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September 11, 2020
National Grief Awareness Day
As Sweatpants & Coffee’s favorite (/only) hospital chaplain, of course I wanted to write our National Grief Day piece.
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August 30, 2020
Eight Things You Should Know About Grief and Loss
Grief is a word we don’t use often. When we do it is in hushed tones, a whisper, as though afraid to admit its existence.
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August 11, 2020
Personal Essay | National Sisters Day
(Content note: this essay will discuss the death of a child. Y’all remember how Finding Nemo started out with ten minutes of
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August 2, 2020
Invited to Walk in Others’ Shoes: The Gift of Working as a Hospital Chaplain
The other night, I went to my friends’ home for dinner. I got to hang out with their two young girls while I was there. It
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November 23, 2019
Losing Alex
I still remember it like it was yesterday. The crisp January air stung my face as I hurried across the Lubbock Christian
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May 17, 2019
Sweatpants & TV | Supernatural, Season 14, Episode 19: “Jack in the Box”
What can be done about the formerly smol and sweet Jack Kline, who is now the most dangerous being on Earth? Dean has a plan.
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April 20, 2019
