Home Is Where Your Story Begins
I have written a lot through these last years about my journey through grief. My sister, dead at the age of 53 from a sudden heart attack. Our oldest adopted daughter, unable to live at home during her later teen years and, sadly, estranged from us now. My dad passed away in 2009, my mom on Christmas Eve 2010 from neglect by her … [Read more...]
I started Marty's Musings as a way of sharing our adoption story and connecting with other moms who were experiencing heartache in impossible situations. Over the last almost six years of sharing my heart with my readers I have written about my sisters death at the young age of 53; the struggles we faced with our oldest adopted daughter ; the … [Read more...]
My husband told me recently that I run when I'm sad. Usually I would argue with him, but this truth settled into my spirit. He was right. I don't like those close to me to see me grieve. Grief stings. It isolates. It takes the most ordinary day and turns it into pain. I know this because I know grief. Some days it … [Read more...]
I have no profound words of healing to offer here. Only a mother's heart that has wept at this week's tragedy. Just one more person trying to make sense of the senseless. The brokenness. The unimaginable. I have listened to the media coverage, holding my breath with fear. I am familiar with mental illness. Experienced … [Read more...]
Those of you who are new to my blog may not know that I have experienced some big losses in my life. My sister died in 2000 from a heart attack at the age of 53. My dad passed away in 2009 and my mom died under tragic circumstances on Christmas Eve 2010. Sometimes I will be reminded during this special time of the year that the three most … [Read more...]
I had never heard "Need you Now" by Plumb before, but I can so relate to the desperation, the wounds in need of healing. Holding on to Christ, barely moving one foot forward, crying out for understanding in the pain. I know that each of you who reads this has a story to tell. I hope this video will remind you sometimes strength is to "just keep … [Read more...]
Last week I was asked by a local funeral home to sing at the service of a 52-year-old woman who had died while waiting for a heart/lung transplant. I sing fairly often for funerals, for people I know and some complete strangers. I consider it both an honor and a responsibility. I am intimately acquainted with the grief and devastation at the loss … [Read more...]
I am at the Southern Bloggers Conference this weekend but wanted to make sure you know I'm thinking about you! Here are some words of encouragement from one woman to another (written originally here). There are some things that only time and perspective can teach you. If your mom is still alive (or you are blessed with a relationship with … [Read more...]
If you've read my blog for a time you will probably say now, will she ever stop talking about grief? For those of us who have lost loved ones intimately close to us, (for me my sister and both parents), it is a pain that sneaks up on you when least expected. I went away this past weekend with two close friends for a time of scrapbooking and … [Read more...]
(family picture from Easter 2012) I don't want to write about grief, and I certainly don't want to experience it. Yet it's a part of my life and the process of letting go of those I've loved and lost. I feel like I have written quite a bit about it on my blog, but it is a subject that I have lived through for several years. Death touches all of … [Read more...]
What began as a little family journal in 2008 has turned into a passion for sharing my life, faith, adventures and dreams as a DIY, crafty, bargain hunting, homeschooling, memory keeping mom of both biological and adopted children. Make yourself at home! Click here to read more about me.
