#death of a sibling

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Grief & Loss Wellness

Praying Hands

September 4, 2023

Ten years after losing my brother Jim, I share the essay I wrote about him — a story woven through Durer's Praying Hands, our mother's legacy, and the mysterious power of prayer in the face of unbearable loss.

Grief & Loss Wellness

Three Years Gone, and Yet You're With Us

September 4, 2016

A letter to my brother on the third anniversary of his death — because depression may have won by human standards, but not by God's.

Faith Grief & Loss

The Upside of Early Loss

October 30, 2014

Losing my mom as a teenager gave me coping skills I never expected to need again — until my brother took his life.