Wildflower Hope: Christian Grief & Loss

Why does grief come back years after a loss? And how do you keep moving forward when a new season awakens old grief? In this episode of Wildflower Hope, I share a deeply personal, faith-filled reflection on why grief doesn’t expire, and how major life transitions often awaken the sorrow we thought had settled. As our family prepares to leave the home where we raised our children, planted Gianna’s...

How do you help your family through grief… when everyone is hurting differently and no one knows what to say? In this Christian grief podcast episode, we explore grieving as a family after loss, supporting children through grief, and learning how to gently grow forward in faith when your whole home feels affected by sorrow. Grieving as a family can feel overwhelming…especially when each person pro...

🎧 Listen to Episode 6: When God Feels Distant in Grief | Trusting His Goodness in the Valley (Christian Hope After Loss) — a Christian grief podcast episode for women navigating loss, trauma, and seasons where God feels distant.   In this episode of Wildflower Hope, Johanna shares a deeply personal and faith-rooted reflection on what it looks like to stay open to the goodness of God in the middle...

🎧 Listen to Episode 5: When God Feels Silent in Grief | Living in the Saturday Between (Christian Hope After Loss) — a gentle and hope-filled reflection on what it means to live in the space between heartbreak and resurrection.   In this episode of Wildflower Hope, Johanna shares a deeply personal and faith-rooted reflection on what it feels like to live in “the Saturday between” — the space betw...

🎧 Listen to Episode 4: How to Love Someone in Grief — What to Say (and Not Say) to Someone Grieving (Christian) — a gentle and honest look at what grieving hearts truly need… and the kind of love that stays.   In this episode of Wildflower Hope, Johanna shares a deeply personal story from her own grief journey after losing her daughter, Gianna Lilyfaith… and what it felt like to be misunderstood...

🎧 Listen to Episode 3: Embrace & Wrestle: Wrestling with God in Grief, Faith, and Finding Hope — a tender invitation to bring your questions, your grief, and your honest heart to God without fear.   In this episode of Wildflower Hope, Johanna shares a deeply personal reflection on what it looks like to wrestle with God in the midst of grief after losing her daughter, Gianna Lilyfaith.   Not f...

🎧 Listen to Episode 2: Seeds in the Broken Ground — a tender story about grief, faith, and the small acts of hope that help us keep walking forward when everything feels dark.   In this episode of Wildflower Hope, Johanna shares a tender story from the earliest days of grief after losing her daughter, Gianna Lilyfaith.   It begins with the aftermath of a storm. A fallen tree. And a fading lily ca...

Where Wildflowers Bloom | Finding Christian Hope in Grief, Child Loss, and Faith After Loss In this opening episode of Wildflower Hope, Johanna shares the story behind this Christian grief podcast and the heartbreaking loss of her daughter, Gianna Lilyfaith. Through this deeply personal story of child loss and faith after loss, this episode gently explores Christian grief, grief and loss, and the...

Wildflower Hope is a Christian grief and loss podcast for women navigating deep sorrow, child loss, trauma, and life’s unexpected heartbreak while still longing to trust God.   Hosted by Johanna Cannelongo, this faith-rooted podcast offers compassionate Christian grief support, honest conversations about faith after loss, and gentle encouragement for women walking through the long and complex jour...