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Take Time to Mourn

By Shirley Mozena|2022-12-28T11:13:47-08:00December 14th, 2018|Grief and Loss|

There are numerous kinds of mourning in our lives every day. I encourage you to do as William Shakespeare recommended several hundred years ago: take the time to mourn. Then you will mend.

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Three Thanksgivings

By Shirley Mozena|2018-11-23T10:32:43-08:00November 23rd, 2018|Grief and Loss, Thanksgiving memories|

There are many Thanksgivings I could write about, but I'm going to focus on three. Each one very precious. One..... The first Thanksgiving I'm recalling took place thirteen years ago on November 25, 2005 in a hospital room in Portland, Oregon. It was a quiet one with my first husband, Bill Rudberg. He was very ill [...]

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Tomorrow Comes the Song

By Shirley Mozena|2018-11-16T07:55:14-08:00November 16th, 2018|Grief and Loss, Remarriage|

You can hope for tomorrow, when you will enjoy the song. Whether your loss is divorce. Death. Terminal illness. Chronic illness. Loss of a job. It hurts. Badly. Unendingly. But tomorrow....comes the song.

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He Is Our Strength

By Shirley Mozena|2018-11-09T10:49:33-08:00November 9th, 2018|Grief and Loss, Hope and Joy, Nature's Wonders|

I'm so glad I can put my trust in the God who not only made everything, He is everything. And He cares about me!

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Grandma’s Rolling Pin

By Shirley Mozena|2018-11-02T14:06:04-07:00November 2nd, 2018|Grief and Loss|

Grandma has been gone for more than forty years. She listened to everything I wanted to tell her. Played games with me. Laughed at our silly jokes. When we talked, she focused completely on me--something special when growing up in a large family. What are your memories of your grandma, nana, nonnie, granny, or grammie?.....

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The Presence of Absence

By Shirley Mozena|2018-10-26T07:34:27-07:00October 26th, 2018|Grief and Loss, Spiritual Reflections|

One day, though, the sun will peek through just as the fog was dispelled on my early morning walk last week.

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Love Hurts–But It’s Worth It

By Shirley Mozena|2018-10-29T19:08:56-07:00October 12th, 2018|Grief and Loss, Spiritual Reflections|

They said goodbye here on Earth but this is not the end, but the beginning of eternity for Chuck. We'll see him later--on the other side.

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I Will Trust

By Shirley Mozena|2023-02-17T14:47:26-08:00October 5th, 2018|Grief and Loss, Nature's Wonders, Spiritual Reflections|

There have been many times that I've been afraid in my life. As a young child, the fears were different, though no less great than my adult fears. As a youngster, I was terribly afraid of the dark.

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Consider the Lily

By Shirley Mozena|2018-10-29T18:55:30-07:00August 31st, 2018|Grief and Loss, Hope and Joy|

I love the long days, longer twilight, and warm evenings of summer. But without anything I can do, the days shorten. I hear the crickets sing at night as I take one last stroll around our yard. The days are marching toward a new season--and I can't stop the march.

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For Jane

By Shirley Mozena|2018-10-29T18:54:03-07:00August 24th, 2018|Grief and Loss|

It's probably too much to expect being filled with joy right now, but my prayer is for anyone who is reading this that they will be filled with joy and peace.

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