May
There are moments in life that feel larger than the event itself. Moments where you realize you are standing inside an answered prayer while it is still unfolding around you. That is how May 16, 2026, felt to me. Hope Grows Here was never meant to be simply a birthday party. It was never just […]
April
April From Pain to Purpose: Preparing for Hope Grows Here April feels different. There is still grief here that does not disappear simply because the month shifts, but there is also movement. A soft stirring. A sense that something long carried is beginning to take root in new ways. April is a month of preparation. […]
March
March The Power of Story: Why Grief Needs a Voice March arrives carrying memory. For me, it always does. Some dates live quietly in the body long before they reach the calendar. March 11 is one of them. Even after nine years, my body knows this day is coming before my mind catches up. There […]
February
February is a month that speaks loudly about love. It fills windows, timelines, and conversations with images of romance polished, paired, and packaged in ways that suggest love has one expression and one destination. For those who have experienced profound loss, this month can feel particularly tender. Not because love is absent, but because it […]
December
When Holidays Hurt: Grief, Faith, and the Life We’re Still Living December has a way of magnifying everything. Joy feels louder. Absence feels sharper. And grief, somehow, takes up more room than it already does. This December, I am carrying fresh grief. On November 13th, my sister Donna passed away. Even as I write those […]
November
The Story Behind The Five Widows Club I didn’t set out to write a novel. For the first two years after my husband died, I was simply trying to survive. There was no vision of helping others. No sense of calling. No plan to write anything meaningful for public consumption. I was accepting the love, […]
January
New Year, Same Love The calendar has turned. And still, love remains. Crossing into a new year without the person you love can feel disorienting. The world moves forward with its resolutions and expectations, while your heart quietly carries what it has always carried. January does not arrive with answers. It arrives with space sometimes […]