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Session Stories: The Story of Rocky

Sitting in my usual chair, deep in conversation, and out the window to my left I saw movement. Trying not to break up my thoughts, I continued looking ahead and listening to what she had to say. But the movement became too much when he leaped onto the window seal. My thoughts were interrupted immediately and laughter ensued. The metaphor […]

Goodbyes Are Hard

I saw her on Friday, and the next day she was gone. Losing my beloved counselor of nine years is the hardest loss I’ve experienced since the death of my mom 12.5 years ago. After losing my mom and feeling the pain of her absence, the death of other family and friends didn’t affect me like it used to. It […]

From Broken to Blessed

When my mom passed away it affected me in ways I could have never imagined.  The grief was something I couldn’t comprehend until I experienced it myself.  I was broken.  The day that I watched her take her last breath, was the day my life started spiraling away from God. Prior to that day, I was already bitter about certain […]