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Welcome friend.  In the summer of 2022, we began a journey through the most painful experience of child loss, loosing our adult son in a head on car collision.  As I began to share my thoughts on social media, I realized how therapeutic writing was to my soul.  It helped me process through my grief, as well as point my gaze heavenward, to the only One who could enter into my suffering completely, Jesus Christ.  I realized that while I was lost in the swirling storm of my emotions, the words I began to type out were not only helping anchor me, but others as well.  Out of this realization, Thoughts from the Valley was born.  If you have entered into this space because of your own experience with loosing a child or loss of any kind, I want you to know that I hear you.  I see you.  But more than that, there is One who loves you so deeply and sees every single tear you cry.  As your heart aches in the night and you toss and turn, he never leaves your side.    

Isaiah 41:10, NIV So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Psalm 56:8
You have kept count of my tossings;
    put my tears in your bottle.
    Are they not in your book?

If I could talk with you face to face, I would lead you to my grieving place out on the front porch.  We would sit on the old wicker chairs beside the chimes given to us in Caleb’s memory.  I would light a candle and pour you a cup of tea (or something stronger!).  And we would weep.  And possibly laugh.  But most of all, we would be reminded that we are not alone; that one of the ways that we push against the darkness that threatens to undo us is to hold onto each other.  

I hope for this space to not only hold my grievings but also my joys, as I walk through this weary world.  I am learning to hold both side by side.  My grief has shaped me.  But my joys inform me.  Both cause me to look forward to a time when,

Revelation 21:4  “(God) will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

May you be encouraged and strengthened today.  And every day.  

With love,

Meg