Comments on: Why You Are Still Here

By: Tammy L Kennington

Tammy L Kennington — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 22:37:02 +0000

Lisa, I’m so sorry.

I know your words are a comfort to many women–women like my mother and a dear friend from high school who know the same loss. You certainly do still have a purpose in and through the sharing of your pain and resurrected hope.

Thank you for your vulnerability and for these raw, real words.

Peace and grace,
Tammy

By: floyd samons

floyd samons — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 02:12:52 +0000

It encourages me, and obviously others, when a person can endure the most difficult of life’s blows and still see the loving hand of God in their lives.

Thanks for sharing your heart. When we get home Kali will be there waiting… she’ll show you the ropes…

Blessings to you, sister.

By: Jean Anne Wise

Jean Anne Wise — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 16:29:10 +0000

wow so sorry you had to experience this and so glad you continue to honor this part of your story by sharing it – you bring wisdom to sorrow and hope for the future. Thank you,

By: Karen Friday

Karen Friday — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 23:01:28 +0000

Lisa, I’m so sorry you lost Kali. Your words resonate with so many of us who have experienced the death of a loved one. Thank you for not only reminding us it’s okay to grieve, but also how even when we don’t understand death, we can trust resurrection. Such a powerful truth!

By: Michele Morin

Michele Morin — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:33:18 +0000

Coming back to this post with gratitude, Lisa. This is a hard time of year for those who grieve. Thank you for making your story a warm blanket around their sadness.

By: Rebecca Hastings

Rebecca Hastings — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 13:04:07 +0000

Thank you for sharing your Kali with us to encourage us to see God in our midst. You are loved and so is she.

By: David

David — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 17:34:11 +0000

Miscarriages and deaths of little ones are heart-breaking. It is hard to think of anything else when remembrance comes. When such a source of goodness is wiped out, it’s hard to think of the goodness we still have, or that we can still make. Everything seems swept away.

The trivial knocks and grinds of daily life can end up having a similar effect.

Thank you for the reminder of the resurrection, and out daily resurrection. I am still here, and I can love and praise, and through that activity I can live and grow.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 12:39:04 +0000

What a beautiful, heartfelt post, Lisa. The anniversary of Kali’s birth and death must be so difficult each year. I am sending prayers and hugs to you, dear friend. We all have a mission as long as we are on earth
” living to do
love to give
praise to proclaim”.

So much happens that we don’t understand, but we trust that the Lord is good.

By: Trudy

Trudy — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 20:21:58 +0000

Thank you for sharing again your aching heart on Kali’s birthday, Lisa. My heart aches for you. Your words speak comfort to my heart – “Even when I don’t understand death, I can trust resurrection.” Also how “sometimes resurrection only comes one slow Spirit-breath at a time.” Thank you for your encouragement in the midst of your pain. Love and blessings of strength and comfort to your dear Mama heart!

By: Lynn D. Morrissey

Lynn D. Morrissey — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 19:58:35 +0000

Lisa, this is such a beautiful, generous, and transparent offering. Taking others inside your pain, others who surely may have given up all hope of living after the loss of a precious loved one, and here, a precious baby. Babies, themselves, are full of life and hope and promise. And your beloved child was immediately in the arms of Jesus experiencing eternal life when her life was suddenly ended here. It’s one thing to know that heaven is real, but quite another to experience the anguish and pain of knowing you will not share in that child’s life here and now and in all the moments to come as you would have watched her grow. I just can’t fathom this. I might have despaired of going on (and knowing me that is a reasonable assumption). You, on the other hand, trusted God in your pain, and found purpose in it. You are living that purpose right now as you comfort others in pain with the same comfort of God with which you have been comforted (and for all the other reasons you mentioned). What a special lady you are. I can’t thank you enough for your courage.
Love
Lynn