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Hey guys. I just wanted to pop in and give you an update. This past Sunday, I lost one of my best friends. His name is Drew and he leaves behind an adoring wife Corinne. Please pray for her … 💔 She’s broken. His father has just had to bury his second son…We are broken.
The title of my piece for this week is “Something broke inside of me…” It’s something heart shattering and it comes in a time when I kinda felt shattered enough
I’ve gotten the newsletter article as far as I can get it but I’m trying to fight the grief monster and it’s not a battle I have the strength to fight right now. I was already down, hurt, weak… the news of his passing destroyed me. I’m realizing that his passing is bringing up some painful grief stuff from my daughters grandfathers’ passing. They were actually friends. Good men. Similar growth stories. It hurt me even more that I wasn’t physically able to be at the funeral.
I just can’t publish this week. I’m a mess kinda.
My daughter saw me at my lowest this week. It was also her birthday week. I also couldn’t afford a birthday gift for her. I also have been in the craziest pain imaginable… almost non stop since Mother’s Day.
You know what I want you to do for me? Call someone you have on your mind and tell em that you love em. Look at your friends and family and ask yourself… what would I feel if you were gone. And then give em a hug and deeply appreciate that you can still give them a hug. Don’t take your people for granted. Let me know how you feel about em before you can’t…
Ok?
Do me the favor of doing yourself that favor.
Pray for Corinne and Greg and their whole family please. And love on your family like today could their (or your) last day.
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(Read this… and still know… that I know… that God is good. All the time. Every time.)
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It's hard to know what to say. I love you Joel and I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm so so sorry for your pain,, for these challenges. All I know is, it will not always be♥️♥️♥️