by Elaine Olsen | Dec 16, 2012 | Advent, christmas, evil, faith, grief, pain, trust
My daughter could barely get through the final paragraph. Her tears prevented her progress, her heart tenderly wrapped around and invested in the story of the faithful saint, Corrie ten Boom. Corrie finished her earthly chapter on her ninety-first birthday, only to...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 17, 2012 | death, friendship, grief, Olive Press
It’s been two months since she died… their mom, my friend (you can read about it here). This past week, my husband and I made the six-hour round trip to their home to share with them in their sorrow. To do grief. To remember her and to allow that remembrance to touch...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 6, 2012 | death, grief
I pulled my jacket tighter around me while out for a walk this afternoon. It’s cold outside. Last week, it was seventy degrees. Today? Somewhere in the upper 40’s. Not too bad if the wind wasn’t blowing, but it was. I thought I was adequately prepared, but I wasn’t....
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 28, 2011 | cancer, cancer volume 4, death, eternity, friendship, grief
Judith made it home to Jesus on Thanksgiving Day. I’ve been living with her absence since then. Four days is hardly enough time to displace my grief. I don’t have a place to put my grief, not really. I can’t send a casserole to the West Coast… can’t stop by the family...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 19, 2011 | cancer, grief, pain, suffering
This is an important post for me. I want to go somewhere with my thoughts—a “place” I’ve been dwelling at in recent days. I don’t think I’m alone in my dwelling, for I believe that there are many of us who’ve pitched our tents a time or two or ten at this address,...
by Elaine Olsen | Jan 22, 2010 | death, faith, friendship, grief, surrender
{for Summer… who made it home to Canaan today} It occurs to me this evening that earthquakes come in all shapes and sizes. And while the world’s eyes have been focused on Haiti’s earthquake over the past week, my eyes have been fixed on the one occurring beneath...
