Comments on: The Thing About Loss https://anchored-women.com/thing-loss/ Simplifying Home + Faith Sat, 01 Sep 2018 01:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Kayse https://anchored-women.com/thing-loss/#comment-148261 Sun, 27 Mar 2016 05:05:36 +0000 https://anchored-women.com/?p=8061#comment-148261 In reply to Amelia.

I’m so very sorry. That first year is absolutely the hardest. I’m praying for you right now!

]]> By: Amelia https://anchored-women.com/thing-loss/#comment-148090 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 02:53:45 +0000 https://anchored-women.com/?p=8061#comment-148090 Your love of planners brought your blog to my notice. But your post about our common loss was what got my attention. You are so right: the ordinary days are often the toughest and only Jesus can help us make sense of the loss. Today marks 365 days since my mom last sat in her home, in her own little spot which she had occupied since before my memories began. 365 days ago she waved goodbye to Dad, reassuring him she’d be back soon, that the ambulance was only there because we girls were such worry-ers. Little did we know she had begun the last leg of her journey Home. Three weeks later, three horrible weeks later, Jesus invited her to Heaven and our 84-year old mom traded her hospital gown for heavenly clothes. I miss her so.

]]> By: Top 10 Christmas Gifts For Moms - Kayse Pratt https://anchored-women.com/thing-loss/#comment-141353 Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:02:49 +0000 https://anchored-women.com/?p=8061#comment-141353 […] become a family heirloom. Let me tell you something, I’d kill to have something like this from my momma. You can bet this is on my […]

]]> By: Tanya https://anchored-women.com/thing-loss/#comment-137842 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:45:12 +0000 https://anchored-women.com/?p=8061#comment-137842 I lost my Dad almost 3 Month ago. Eight Days before my little Daughter was born….This is so true.

]]> By: Top 10 Posts You've Never Read (But Should) - Kayse Pratt https://anchored-women.com/thing-loss/#comment-136955 Mon, 14 Sep 2015 07:02:23 +0000 https://anchored-women.com/?p=8061#comment-136955 […] The Thing About Loss – The truth about life after you’ve lost someone. It’s not like they tell you. This is the truth. […]

]]> By: Lori A. https://anchored-women.com/thing-loss/#comment-122297 Sat, 18 Apr 2015 02:32:21 +0000 https://anchored-women.com/?p=8061#comment-122297 Kayse, this is such a perfect description of grief. My little brother has been gone for 25 years and my mom almost 3 years ago and some days are fine and other days all I have to do is say their names or think of them and I am a total mess. Yes it is in the ordinary but I find my heart breaks all over again when someone else has to go through this heartbreak. Thank goodness for my accountability partner who helps keep me grounded and always points me back to Him.

]]> By: Jenna https://anchored-women.com/thing-loss/#comment-122255 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 17:33:15 +0000 https://anchored-women.com/?p=8061#comment-122255 So true. Thank you so much for your heart poured into these words. I lost my dad 13 years ago and just this month my mom entered into hospice for her brain cancer. Thank you for your reminder that Jesus wants to be with us in our ache. He’s not necessarily going to keep loss from happening or take our pain away but He is with us like no one else can be, maybe because He’s also with those we have lost when we can’t be. Somehow that makes me feel a bit closer to my dad.

]]> By: amanda conquers https://anchored-women.com/thing-loss/#comment-122254 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 17:29:46 +0000 https://anchored-women.com/?p=8061#comment-122254 I don’t know how i missed this, when you first wrote it, but dear friend i just wanted to tell you how beautiful and true and healing this is. Yes, sometimes grief just completely catches you off guard…like when you start leaking tears in the check out line and then recognize that familiar perfume was your dear granny’s (side note: I don’t think people like knowing when their perfume reminds you of your passed granny) and let’s not talk about how many times I cried at the sight of pregnant tummies. There are times when sitting with Jesus was hard because I was so angry with Him, but I’ve learned His grace is big enough for even those moments and He is the only one who can heal our hearts.

]]> By: Denise Reed-Greiner https://anchored-women.com/thing-loss/#comment-114836 Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:33:29 +0000 https://anchored-women.com/?p=8061#comment-114836 Kayse, beautifully written and thoughtfully conveyed. You are so right. . . . it doesn’t actually get better, it just gets different. Life will always be different and yes, it does pop up in ordinary situations and just grabs you. The other day, I was in the grocery store and I smelled my mama’s perfume. Instinctively, I began to look for her, coming upon a sweet little lady who, by all outward appearances, looked an awful lot just like my mama. Right there in the middle of the grocery store, the tears began and I had to fight hard to get out of there before I just was out of control. It has been 7 years since my mama went to her heavenly home and still it grabs me when I least expect it. Love you Kayse. You are amazing and I deeply appreciate your gift of writing!

]]> By: Kayse https://anchored-women.com/thing-loss/#comment-114804 Sat, 21 Feb 2015 03:33:44 +0000 https://anchored-women.com/?p=8061#comment-114804 In reply to Rachel Shewmaker.

Anger and grief are intertwined for me too. Praying for you always, friend.

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