• Grieving Gracefully

    ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU

    If you can read the title without hearing Mariah Carey singing the ever so popular Christmas song, I dare say I am impressed. It’s a cute love song, but in my head today, as I sat in the passenger seat pulling away from Allorah’s grave… it hit different than ever before. I have been overwhelmingly blessed today to be surrounded by such great love, and often I asked myself, “What more could I possibly want or need?” Truly, in the physical sense, I want and need for nothing, and I am so crazy grateful. However, in the spiritual sense, I have a need that weighs on my soul heavily. It…

  • Grieving Gracefully

    A HARD CANDY CHRISTMAS

    Christmas is IT for my family! We live for that special feeling this time of year gives and always try to make it magical – especially now that we have littles to celebrate with. For the past 13 years that Justin and I have been together, we have always kicked off our Christmas season with singing the classics. One of our top favorites to sing is Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas” The Dolly love runs deep in our home, and although we have sung this song a thousand times together – never have some of the words hit so close to home. We haven’t had the heart to listen to…