Grief/Loss of a Loved One

All of the Red Balloons

This story originally appeared in Kate Rademacher’s collaborative blog series on the topic of Risky Love: Without giving it too much thought, I signed up to spend spring break my...

Being a Shadow

I lost my father to heart attack at very young age of 3 months, and post his demise my mother was my everything. I have no memories of my father and as a single parent, my mother was the...

Finding me

My journey was long, the tears were nonstop, the pain was unbearable my heart had been too many times there were days I was too sad to get up to eat no one to talk to feeling all alone in...

What has death taught me?

Losing someone is hard, it shatters you. I remember as a child, I once cried for days when I lost my favourite toy. As a teenager, I experienced my first heartbreak when I lost a...

Moving through grief…

I woke from a dream about my Dad this morning. He looked exactly as he did in the weeks before his death eighteen months ago. He looked tired. When I was fully awake, I knew (again) that...

A journey of grief

It has taken me 14 years to finally learn how to grieve. When you’re 17, no one really teaches or prepares you for the waves that come with it. Sure, in the moment of loss you feel the...

Can’t i have right to Dream

It will be a bit long story and cant be mention in the one line or one day. it will might take weeks to finish and life is still kept on going. Its a story of a Guy born in Pakistan and all...

Living My Life

Hello, my name is Cassidy Jansen. I’m a seventeen year old girl with many challenges in my life. I’m hoping that by sharing my story, it will help you realize that life does get...

I Feel like my Family is Cursed.

Hello my name is nyzayah and I’m going to tell you the story of how I thought my family was cursed. When I was 10 my uncle passed away so I had to go to California for his funeral and I...

A twist of Time

God is Faithful and Deserve my Praise I am praising God because the Lord has given me a new song. God is faithful and his grace and mercy endures forever. Over the past months, the...