Tag: love
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Facing the Holiday After a Loss
In the middle of this year, our mom died. My birthday has passed, my siblings’ birthdays have passed, and Thanksgiving went by with emptiness and a deep longing for a mother. It’s true that we often recognize the importance of someone or something only once they’re gone. Sometimes we take them for granted because we…
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Coping with Loss: A Daughter’s Reflection on Mourning
These past months have been a whirlwind of emotions. The desire to move forward from that day of losing our mother seems like it goes round and round, as the grief suddenly comes anytime. This is the ugly truth about losing our mothers. No matter how strong we thought we were, without her, we still…
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The Sting of Pain in Grieving
The day your mom dies is the day that you become a different person. A daughter or a son without a mother, so to speak. It feels like a part of you has died with her. As the days pass by, you will realize that there are questions lingering around as you live with grief…
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When It’s Hard to Forgive
The time that we have truly loved and forgiven others, then we will have a bigger picture of His love and forgiveness towards a sinner like us.
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Love Your Neighbor
Whenever I hear this phrase “love your neighbor,” I always say that it is already a cliché. Everyone knows that especially when you are already a Christian. We have been bombarded with sermons, books, preaching, and maybe even counsels on how we ought to love others. Even those people who are not in the faith…
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Love is Waiting
“Love is waiting till we’re ready, till it’s right. . .” This song Love is Waiting by Brooke Fraser has been playing in my mind since I was in college. But the song became so real to me when I fully understood why I need to be waiting in love. It’s been more than a…
