No answers.

A sweet friend of mine that I met and connected with through scrapbooking the past several months has lost her dear husband to cancer this weekend. My heart and prayers go out to Christine and her family. It's times like these that there are no answers- often only heartache and more questions. I'm sure she would covet some of your prayers, as I know firsthand that she will have a long road ahead of her.
When Chip and I were on Oprah just months after Teagan died, Oprah asked us this question, "How do you go on?". That question made my head spin at the time, but Chip quickly replied, "We still have other children and lots of living to do...there's more happiness to be had in life." I remember thinking that I wasn't even sure I believed that at the time. I know I had a hard time even sleeping through the night because my grief was so raw and all-consuming.
But as you can see in the posts I've kept the past couple of years, it's become a truth in my life and the rest of our family. We do have joy and happiness and lots of good things to celebrate. We do miss Teagan and somedays I just wish I could stop the world and turn back time and have a 'do-over'.
It's hard to accept life when it hands us hardships. But my prayer is that for Christine, especially, that she will find strength and Peace and that in time, she will come to believe what I thought was unbelievable in light of death. That there is Joy and happiness and lots of living yet to be had in her life. I send all my love and care to her and her family. Today and beyond.