Welcome to my blog,
Life after Loss with Lisa
I am so glad you are here! I am a homeschooling, piano teaching, DIY-ing Mom of two young adults.
I lost my husband Jon in 2009 after a 3 ½ year battle with cancer. At the time, our kids were 4 and 6.
I used to think that widowhood had an expiration date. Like after a particular number of years, everything would be “back to normal”, or when a certain milestone was reached, it wouldn’t be a struggle anymore.
But I have realized that being a widow is a LIFELONG journey.
It doesn’t end just because I got married again.
It doesn’t end just because my kids are grown up.
It doesn’t end just because he’s been gone for 14 years.
It keeps going…..
And that is exhausting,
And painful,
And there are triggers that take me right back to the treatments, and his death.
AND God is faithful through all of it!
I have begun to realize the value in sharing ALL of my story - the good, the bad, and the ugly, and I want to use it to help others.
God has blessed me with an understanding husband who loves me and is so patient,
He has given me two amazing, grown-up kids who exhibit many of Jon’s qualities,
And I have so many treasured memories that I hold dear.
I want to share my journey through life after losing my husband. I will be talking about topics like grief, PTSD, depression, single parenting, as well as homeschooling, health, finding hope, DIYs plus many other things that are what make up my life then and now.
I hope you will stick around and find this to be a safe place to share this journey with me.
You have much to share.
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 NIV"
Keep up the good work
Thanks