Thoughts of a Sojourner
Thoughts, Wanderings & Adventures of a Sojourner
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- A Journey of Joy, Heartbreak and Joy Rediscovered: The Journey of Grief
- A Journey of Joy, Heartbreak and Joy Rediscovered: Feeling Lost Without my Bride
- A Journey of Joy, Heartbreak and Joy Rediscovered: My Bride Goes Home
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I have not posted in a couple of weeks because I knew today’s date was coming up and I knew I would want to share my thoughts. On this date, one year ago at 2:15am, my life would be shaken to its core. My precious bride of 34 1/2 years went home to be with…
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A quote by Pastor John Piper that I read very early during my grieving process goes as follows: “Occasionally weep deeply over the life you hoped would be. Grieve the losses. Then wash your face. Trust God. And embrace the life you have.” The process of grieving is just that…a process. Some things I have…
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In my previous entry, I shared some of my experience of dealing with depression. During my years of growing up and even through adulthood, I never gave depression a lot of thought and even had the same thoughts at times like a lot of people that some people that talk about being depressed needed to…
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I never dreamed or really thought about what life without my bride would be like. Looking back over this nearly one year, I have discovered that there was never really a way to be prepared , especially emotionally and mentally, until a person enters that experience. I have also discovered that everyone’s journey of grief…
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In the months after getting the diagnosis of Acute MDS in March 2024 and being told that a stem cell transplant was not an option, the reality set in for Kim and I that this battle would be one that short of a miracle would eventually take the life of my bride. Kim as she…
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The years since October 2013 had been a roller coaster ride of peaks and valleys where Kim’s health was concerned. She had battled through two separate diagnosis’s of breast cancer and at the same time we were blessed with a few years of good health for her. She battled those first two battles with such…
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To say that 2025 has been tough would be a grand understatement. Life drastically changed February 21, 2025 when my bride went to be with Lord after her long, courageous battle with cancer. In the months that have followed, I have navigated the grieving process, battled a bout of depression and in the process have…
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In the year and a half that followed Kim’s diagnosis, we experienced many valleys. Watching the effects of the chemotherapy and radiation take its physical effects of my bride’s body was one of the most excruciating things to see take place. There were many days that she and I wondered if this poison that use…
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October 11, 2013 is a day etched into my mind and heart that would shape the next 12 years of mine and Kim’s marriage. A few weeks before this date annual mammogram had a revealed a spot in Kim’s breast, but at that time the hope was that it would be something benign. Her doctor…
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In the coming weeks, I will begin to share about Kim’s courageous journey as she battled cancer and our experience in traveling that roller coaster journey. In this writing though, I want to just share some things we experienced and some lessons we learned during our 34 1/2 wonderful years together. Over our nearly three…
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