One of the benefits of having attended a small school like Whitworth is the relationships I was able to form with professors. One of those persons was Jerry Sittser, my religion professor, mentor and friend. My favorite memory is Jerry was the year or two that he spent sitting on the Chapel carpet, eating brown-bag […]
Community Support Prepares Us for Journey Alone
In the immediate weeks following Micah and Judah’s death, we felt an amazing amount of care and support from people both online and offline. People sent us flowers and chocolates, folks from our church brought meals to us every night for a week, and cards kept pouring in. The amount of Facebook Wall Posts and […]
The Stages of Grief
Grieving sucks. I may need to brush up on all of the stages of grief, but I feel like I’m going through all of them, all the time. Monday was just a shitty day all around. Tuesday we came home, and although we kept ourselves busy, there was still plenty of crying. But yesterday…I didn’t […]