Loss Archives - The Mom Cafe Encouragement for Moms Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:13:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 TEN MUST READ BOOKS https://www.themomcafe.com/ten-must-read-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ten-must-read-books https://www.themomcafe.com/ten-must-read-books/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:27:25 +0000 https://www.themomcafe.com/?p=8019 My kids are officially back in school, and although I am always quite emotional about sending them off into a new year, I am also a bit relieved and excited to finally have some time to MYSELF. At the beginning of each summer, I anticipate all kinds of time to relax in the summer sun […]

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]]> https://www.themomcafe.com/ten-must-read-books/feed/ 43 About Those Straight Lines- Predictable Paths https://www.themomcafe.com/about-those-straight-lines-predictable-paths/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=about-those-straight-lines-predictable-paths https://www.themomcafe.com/about-those-straight-lines-predictable-paths/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2015 05:04:03 +0000 https://www.themomcafe.com/?p=6160   I like straight lines. Lines that have no knots, kinks or loops I have to untie, hurdle over, or wind around. Predictability. Stability. A day that starts and ends with a nice straight line from morning ‘til night… Having everything go my way. Predictable paths. Life has a way of messing up our straight […]

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]]> https://www.themomcafe.com/about-those-straight-lines-predictable-paths/feed/ 54 Dear Childless Mother… https://www.themomcafe.com/dear-childless-mother/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dear-childless-mother https://www.themomcafe.com/dear-childless-mother/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:53:26 +0000 https://www.themomcafe.com/?p=5722 Dear Childless Mother, Do you know that every time I share a picture or a post about my children, I think of you? Every time. Do you know that every time I talk about my parenting, my days filled with all the frustrations and joys of raising my kids, I think of you? I do. […]

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]]> https://www.themomcafe.com/dear-childless-mother/feed/ 96 How To Breath When You’re Suffocating From Anxiety https://www.themomcafe.com/breath-youre-suffocating-anxiety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breath-youre-suffocating-anxiety https://www.themomcafe.com/breath-youre-suffocating-anxiety/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:53:46 +0000 https://www.themomcafe.com/?p=5251 I find myself gasping for air these days… treading the treacherous waters as best I can. I sink in grief, for my beloved friend who so abruptly lost her devoted lifetime love just days ago. He was yanked from her life in an instant, leaving her heart crushed into a million tiny torturing pieces and […]

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]]> https://www.themomcafe.com/breath-youre-suffocating-anxiety/feed/ 52 Hope for the Hopeless… https://www.themomcafe.com/hope-for-the-hopeless/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hope-for-the-hopeless https://www.themomcafe.com/hope-for-the-hopeless/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2014 03:19:51 +0000 https://www.themomcafe.com/?p=4462 For you, Kim. Sifting through the layers of dark tormenting rubble that covers me. My body mangled into something I cannot see. There are no cracks of light, pure black. I soak in the darkness, drenched into my very pours, as the weight crushes my lungs and I gasp for air. Where is this source […]

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]]> https://www.themomcafe.com/hope-for-the-hopeless/feed/ 33 Is Heaven Real? https://www.themomcafe.com/is-heaven-real/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-heaven-real https://www.themomcafe.com/is-heaven-real/#comments Fri, 16 May 2014 22:31:08 +0000 https://www.themomcafe.com/?p=4050 I was up late last night, weeping and praying, after I watched the video of Zach’s family reflecting on his life and death since a year after his passing. It was both heartbreaking and incredibly inspiring to say the least. I have shared his mom’s book “Fly A Little Higher” with you and it still […]

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]]> https://www.themomcafe.com/is-heaven-real/feed/ 53 “Fly A Little Higher” https://www.themomcafe.com/fly-little-higher/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fly-little-higher https://www.themomcafe.com/fly-little-higher/#comments Fri, 02 May 2014 06:34:54 +0000 https://www.themomcafe.com/?p=3968 Within a 24 hour period, I experienced a flood of emotional intensity that still lingers, as it seeps through my bones and mists my spirit with a delicate balance of joy and pain.  This has been one of those ‘raw’ weeks that rips your heart open and shakes your soul with those shattering tremors.  Moments […]

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]]> https://www.themomcafe.com/fly-little-higher/feed/ 59 A Powerful Purpose and Mission: A Mother’s Day Campaign https://www.themomcafe.com/mothers-day-campaign/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mothers-day-campaign https://www.themomcafe.com/mothers-day-campaign/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2014 03:25:05 +0000 https://www.themomcafe.com/?p=3742 Today I am sharing an incredibly important and significant mission.  My dear friend Alexa is here to share in detail the purpose of it’s cause and it’s goal.  I wrote about her book Sunshine After The Storm, a while ago on my blog- it was such a powerful read.  This book is a compilation of […]

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]]> https://www.themomcafe.com/mothers-day-campaign/feed/ 15 For Those Who are Grieving, Jesus Cries for You, too https://www.themomcafe.com/those-who-are-grieving-jesus-cries-for-you-too/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=those-who-are-grieving-jesus-cries-for-you-too https://www.themomcafe.com/those-who-are-grieving-jesus-cries-for-you-too/#comments Sun, 26 May 2013 04:36:29 +0000 https://www.themomcafe.com/?p=1791 For those who are grieving, Jesus cries for you, too.   I was talking with my 92-year-old precious neighbor about her life and how she is holding up in her older years… a conversation that continues through our days living close by as she roams over to my back yard randomly reaching out for contact […]

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]]> https://www.themomcafe.com/those-who-are-grieving-jesus-cries-for-you-too/feed/ 35 At Every Turn… https://www.themomcafe.com/at-every-turn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=at-every-turn https://www.themomcafe.com/at-every-turn/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:05:20 +0000 https://www.themomcafe.com/?p=1515 Do you ever wonder how some people survive such horrific tragedies?  How a person perseveres through the  painful adjustment to a completely changed life? I do.  Today I share a story about someone who spoke at my church long ago… her truth will encourage and enlighten you. I am sharing these words over at my […]

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