11/22/2025
This year has brought several losses, and I haven’t been able to attend every funeral. One of those losses was a joyful soul connected to our extended family’s church — someone my son and I had just visited 2½ weeks earlier during a community outreach. I’m grateful I saw her smile again before she went home to be with the Lord.
But one loss in particular resurfaced deep grief for me in August, and I’ve been working through that ever since.
What I’ve learned — and what I remind my community — is this:
Grief recovery is not a one-time event. It’s a journey.
And even grieving people who are still alive is a form of grief we don’t talk about enough.
The keyword for me right now is work.
Holistic work.
Heart work.
Nervous system work.
Spiritual work.
I’m choosing to be an active participant in my healing so my children and grandchildren, Lord-willing, don’t inherit any more generational trauma. And so they grow up believing that healing is normal, accessible, and worth pursuing.
As I’ve walked through my own therapies, my son’s diagnoses, his heart surgery, and everything we’ve learned about the mind-body connection over the years, one truth keeps showing up:
Everyone has experienced some form of trauma.
Mental.
Emotional.
Physical.
Environmental.
Generational.
And yes — what we go through while pregnant can impact our children years later. Trauma is not just emotional; it’s somatic. The nervous system remembers what the mind tries to forget.
But here is the good news for anyone who needs it today:
Healing is available.
We don’t have to stay stuck in guilt or shame.
We don’t have to carry what God already paid for.
Jesus paid it all — in full.
Now we get to walk out the healing He already made available to us.
This is why I’m passionate about wellness, natural living, nervous system support, and the inner work behind outer healing. It’s all connected — spirit, soul, body, and environment.
Wherever you are on your journey, I pray you give yourself permission to heal, grow, and receive the restoration already waiting for you.
