by Elizabeth Dempsey | Jun 10, 2011 | My Chicken
I have a new batch of chickens in my pen. These tiny girls are about six weeks old and it never ceases to amaze me the lessons I learn from my little flock. I didn’t raise these chickens the way I did the first six. The first six started out in a Rubbermaid tub in my...
by Elizabeth Dempsey | May 1, 2011 | Grief, Maker, Relationships, Storms
“Things don’t matter. Pictures don’t matter. I have my husband and my daughter and my Momma. That’s all that matters.” She just stood there stunned, not knowing where to begin. The tornado had ripped her home apart and nearly taken the lives of the three that were...
by Elizabeth Dempsey | Apr 7, 2011 | Grief
You would think this time of year would be lifting this winter fog off my mind. Everything is greening, everything is warming, life is emerging everywhere. My bulbs and wild flowers are faithful to send up jade leaves, slowly unfurling. There will be flowers. My...
by Elizabeth Dempsey | Jan 5, 2011 | Grief
There are many kinds of grief. I have known many kinds of grief. I see people suffering under their own grief daily. Some embrace it, cling to it… make it their identity… refuse to surrender the burden to the ONE, the only one, who can carry it. Some suppress it,...
by Elizabeth Dempsey | Jan 4, 2011 | Depression, Grief, Storms
I struggle with writing words about painful experiences. Are we not supposed to dwell on the positive? Philippians 4:8 says Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if...
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