Grief – Red Tent Living

In Celebration of Grief

By: redtentwomen June 13, 2018June 10, 2018

Day to Day, Faith, relationshipsClaudia Hauer, Death, Grief, Loss, Saying Goodbye4 Comments

We have had a terrible dry winter and spring in the southwestern desert. Day after day has dawned with clear skies and a relentless sun. The land has grown parched. The pine trees in our yard have turned brown, and the threat of fire looms across the mountains above our town. It has become a…

Ragdoll Endurance

By: redtentwomen February 21, 2018February 22, 2018

Day to Day, Intentional LivingAt risk youth, betrayal, endurance, Fear, Grief, Loss, Loss of Community, Old Skool Cafe, Panic, suffering, Teresa Goines2 Comments

This past year has been one of the most challenging and painful years in my life. I felt like I was in a fierce storm being thrashed around like a little rag doll. For what seemed like eternity, all I could focus on was trying to survive one moment at a time. I felt deep betrayal, grief, fear,…

Love the Process

By: redtentwomen February 8, 2018February 8, 2018

Day to Day, relationshipsCounseling, death of a sibling, Grief, Jean Masukevich10 Comments

The process of grief is anything but linear. What would be nice is a clear cut path with a beginning and end, but that’s not the way grief works. It feels more like a tidal wave that comes out of the blue and knocks the wind out of you, or a dull aching pain that…

Last Words

By: redtentwomen May 30, 2017May 28, 2017

Day to Day, relationshipsDeath, Grief, Hope, Losing a parent, LPGA, melanoma, processing grief, staying present in grief, Tracy Hanson11 Comments

“I’m going to get off the phone now.” “Mom, tell me you love me.” “I love you honey.” “OK mom, I’ll talk to you tomorrow.” “OK, goodbye.”

Look to the Heavens

By: redtentwomen May 25, 2017May 20, 2017

Day to DayGrief, Hope, ICU, Losing a parent, Maryhelen Martens, recovery from loss3 Comments

A small stream of light struggles to break through a crack between the window blinds in the darkened room. The persistent beep from the nearby machine hums. It is annoying, as it reminds me I am in the ICU.

Ecclesiastes

By: redtentwomen May 9, 2017May 8, 2017

Day to Day, relationshipsChange, Grief, Grief Group, Losing a Spouse, Moving, Renee Wurzer14 Comments

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. —Ecclesiastes 3:1 The honeysuckles are lush along the roadside as I drive north from the house to the grocery store, the woods on either side reminding me of home—my old home.

A Complicated Grief

By: redtentwomen May 4, 2017May 4, 2017

Day to Day, relationshipsAddiction, Cottonwood Blessings, death of a sibling, Grief, Jessica Marquis, Milkweed Ministries, Raising Unicorns2 Comments

It has been one year since I received the call, one year since the news dribbled out of the earpiece that I was sister to one less brother.

Just the Beginning

By: redtentwomen May 2, 2017May 1, 2017

Day to Day, relationshipsDeath, Death of a Parent, Grief, Jean Masukevich6 Comments

“Bean, I’ve made it home!” I felt my dad’s spirit speaking to me through the pitch black night. As I stood alone with this new truth and my sister’s words “dad’s dead” summersaulting in my head, I turned my gaze up toward heaven.

Out of the Ashes

By: redtentwomen February 16, 2017February 14, 2017

relationshipsAfter the Last Tear Falls, Andrew Peterson, Death, Grief, Hope, John Eldredge, Susan Tucker20 Comments

“All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one’s heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.” Cormac McCarthy

Let Hope Echo

By: redtentwomen January 3, 2017January 3, 2017

Day to DayA New Year, Grief, Loss, Mary Jane Hamilton, Recovery, Renewing Faith12 Comments

There is a stirring in my heart that I cannot ignore as I look forward into 2017.