“Why does she do that? ” my 10-year-old asked me recently, while watching her 15-year-old autistic sister draw a picture. The question wasn’t why she was drawing a picture. It was why she had just drawn the same exact picture 15 times in 15 different colors and stacked them neatly in a pile. I wish…
Category: Grief
The Prison Break: Post-it Note #103
I recently referenced Acts 12 in Post-it Note #101 about Peter’s miraculous escape from prison due to the faithful prayers of the church. But that passage had a powerful and unexpected application for me this week. On Monday I received some very troubling news. If was hard to take and I’ll admit it….I feel apart. …
Watching the Garden Grow: Post-it Note #68
The Post family started a new venture this year. We plowed and planted our very first garden. The kids think it’s so neat and in the words of Haven (age 6) upon seeing things sprout: “It’s a miracle!” A garden is pretty miraculous and not unlike our lives. Most often, in order for something to…
What Day is it?…Post-it Note #62
Yesterday we gathered our children around and read the story of the crucifixion as we recognized the significance of Good Friday. Tomorrow we will finish the story as we look to the celebration of Resurrection Sunday. And today is the day in between. Do you ever wonder what the day in between the crucifixion and…
At the End of Your Rope. Desperate…Post-it Note #42
I have been following a friend’s posts on FB lately. She has 2 different friends whose husbands have had major complications from the flu. This week they both passed away. From the flu! It’s unbelievable. I don’t know these families or what they think of God, but I wondered as I was praying for them…
Post-it Note #35 – “Playing in the Dirt”
Tomorrow is my oldest daughter’s birthday. She’s Autistic. She doesn’t know that tomorrow is her birthday. All birthdays are the same to her. There’s cake and we sing and she blows out the candles on everyone’s cake. And we relight them so the actual birthday person gets to make a wish. Since her birthday is…
Post-it Note #34: Hurting Hearts for the Holidays
6 years ago I had a baby right in the midst of the Thanksgiving festivities. Five years ago I miscarried a baby in the midst of Thanksgiving preparations. Sometimes the holidays bring great joy and full hearts. Sometimes they remind us of loss because it glares more when families are gathered and there are empty…
Grace in the Real World - by Connie Post 