Grieving Parents Sharing Hope

This week’s topic is one that can bring a lot of emotion with it, because when our child is gone, all we have left are memories and their belongings. Should we be packing up their things by a certain time? What if I want to keep everything and take it with me if I have […]

Some of us have been taught by “the church” that we can have whatever we ask, if we believe and have enough faith. Does that mean the death of our child was our fault, for not having enough faith to keep it from happening? Did we not pray enough, or read our Bible enough? How […]

As believers in Christ, we are familiar with who Jesus is and what He did for us. We hear a lot about who God is as well. But how much do we know about the third part of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit? Why do we need the Holy Spirit, and how can He help […]

When our child dies, it can take us to a very dark place, even if you have had a life-long close relationship with God through the indwelling Holy Spirit. In our place of deep grief, we become a target for the enemy, making it even more difficult to find God through the suffocating darkness. How […]

Often when our child dies, we search for God in our darkness and pain, but we feel like He either isn’t listening or doesn’t seem to care. Why is that? Laura talks about some of the possibilities in today’s episode.   Links Mentioned in this episode: Find out more about Laura’s books: When Tragedy Strikes. […]

When our child dies, many of us believe God failed us by walking out on us. We struggle in our relationship with Him. We question ourselves with things like, Is God really who I thought He was? In today’s episode, Laura does her best to answer one of those questions, Where is God in my […]

Last week Laura started reading a chapter about learning how to rest in God during the deep grief of the early years of child loss from her book When Tragedy Strikes: Rebuilding Your Life with Hope and Healing After the Death Of Your Child. In today’s episode she finishes out the chapter and then goes […]

Today might seem like an unusual topic, but it seems to come up enough that Laura decided to do an episode on pets after child loss. Many of our children who are no longer here had a pet when they died, and quite often it becomes the pet of the parents. When that happens, that […]

Attaining the Triple Crown is a rare accomplishment, whether in horse racing or in baseball.  Unfortunately, it is also a rare accomplishment in our life as a Christian and can be especially difficult after the death of our child. What is the Triple Crown for a follower of Christ? Laura believes it is learning: 1) […]

Attaining the Triple Crown is a rare accomplishment, whether in horse racing or in baseball.  Unfortunately, it is also a rare accomplishment in our life as a Christian and can be especially difficult after the death of our child. What is the Triple Crown for a follower of Christ? Laura believes it is learning: how […]

When we find ourselves thrown into the dark world of child loss, some of us know we need help right away and find ways to connect with other bereaved parents almost immediately. Some of us take longer to realize how important it is to be around others who “get it”. Other parents who are further […]

There are times when Laura is sent something written by a pareavor that seems to capture the essence of who we are and how we feel after the death of our child, as well as what it is like to travel on this unwanted journey. On this episode, Laura reads three of these. This Mom’s […]

Those of us who have lost a child will talk among ourselves about how hurtful it is that our family and friends seem to abandon us after the first few weeks or months. Not only that, but many of these people also seem to expect us to snap out of our grief after a certain […]

Laura hears from many pareavors how they struggle with going to church after the death of their child. In today’s episode, she talks about some of the reasons this happens, along with some of her own struggles in this area. She also spends time talking about the difference between going to church as a Sunday […]

One thing Laura hears quite often from parents after child loss is their discouragement of not hearing from God or feeling His presence in their place of deep darkness and grief. She also hears from those who have read her book When Tragedy Strikes who are frustrated because God doesn’t speak to them the way […]

After the death of our child, many of us question God in ways we never thought we would, which puts us in a vulnerable place for attacks from the enemy. Satan does not use new tactics. He uses the same ones he used in the garden of Eden on Eve. In this episode, Laura calls […]

Many pareavors (bereaved parents) struggle with feeling guilty for laughing or doing special things like taking vacations after the death of their child, believing it isn’t right to enjoy life again. We will always have an undercurrent of sadness and grief that can surface at any time. Sometimes there are known triggers and sometimes it […]

In today’s episode, Laura is sharing what a gift it is to be with others who have lost a child because they get it. They understand the darkness and the struggles. It took her almost three years after her daughter, Becca, died to meet with a group who had lost a child because Laura didn’t […]

We want answers and we want them now! We want (or feel like we need) God to explain Himself to us, telling us why our child left this earth before we did. We question how God can call Himself a loving Father or can possibly tell us that He is a good God. We don’t […]

There is another thing Laura has learned in ten years of grieving the death of her daughter that she did not talk about in last week’s episode, which is how much of an emotional roller coaster ride it is now, even ten years later. Yes, as the years go by, things smooth out and we […]

The day this podcast episode airs (on October 12, 2021) will be the 10-year anniversary of Becca’s departure from this earth (Laura’s oldest daughter). Laura says the beginning of the last ten years held the most pain she have ever experienced. She had no idea that kind of suffocating darkness even existed. It scared her, […]

Recently Laura received a response from one of the Weekly Word of Hope emails. The pareavor was upset with how Laura’s email said, “Neither life nor death is in our hands. God is the one who gives life within the womb. And God chooses when each person takes their last heartbeat.” Part of what this […]

Recently Laura received a response from one of the Weekly Word of Hope emails. The pareavor was upset with how Laura’s email said, “Neither life nor death is in our hands. God is the one who gives life within the womb. And God chooses when each person takes their last heartbeat.” Part of what this […]

Today Laura will talk about a simple way to help pareavors remind themselves of some of the most important things they need to remember on this grief journey, using the word grief as an acronym. Listen in, as Laura talks about each one in detail. G- Give yourself a lot of grace. R – Release […]

When our child dies, all our goals that had to do with that child dies with them, which seems to carry over into every part of our lives. We lose hope that life is even worth living without the plans we had for, and with, our child. When we don’t have any hope, we don’t […]