Author Archives: Alisa

People keep saying that I am strong. I have heard several comments like the following, “I don’t know how you do it. You’re just so strong.” But I need people to understand the exact opposite is true. I am weak! … Continue reading →

Today marks 3 months.  Three months since Grant’s accident, and tomorrow it will have been 3 months since he left Earth, for his Heavenly home.  The longer he’s gone, the more I miss him…

He stood there looking at me with shock and bewilderment.  The blood had drained from his face and I could see the wheels of his mind churning as he was trying to decide how to tell me.  Colton, had just … Continue reading →

I find her laying on her bed weeping, his 16 year old little sister. In anguish, as she lays there looking at pictures of the two of them, the last time they were together. I sit next to her, rub … Continue reading →

I was talking to Grant’s old room mate a few nights ago; one of his best friends, more like a brother really.  We were checking in on each other.  As I asked him how he was doing, I was struck … Continue reading →

I know God is real and near to me. More now than ever before. What proof can I offer? I have cried out out in unimaginable pain. I have yelled at God, and screamed out my why questions. I have … Continue reading →

I don’t know the originator of this list but I share it here because so many of you have asked how you can help, what to say, what not to say…  I hope it doesn’t come across as self-serving I … Continue reading →

I can’t back it up Biblically, but I believe there is healing in crying; tears bring restoration one drop at a time. So I am learning to let the tears fall when they come.  I was having one of those … Continue reading →

I have been a fairly strong believer since I was 18.  I have loved the Lord and walked closely with Him for 34 years.  There has never been a day, in all that time, that I have doubted the truth … Continue reading →

Hard night. Hard morning. Grief is such a strange thing.  You can feel like things are getting a little easier, and then without warning you find yourself consumed with fresh sadness, and weeping again with little relief in sight.  I … Continue reading →