While We're Waiting® - Hope After Child Loss
This is a podcast FOR bereaved parents BY bereaved parents. Join your host, Jill Sullivan, as she talks with parents who have lost children of all ages to all types of circumstances. This is a podcast of stories ... stories of devastating loss and grief and heartbreak and struggle ... and stories of hope and healing and faith, and yes, even joy. Underlying every conversation will be the hope we have in Jesus Christ, which makes it possible to not just survive the loss of a child, but to live well while we're waiting to see them again in Heaven one day. Visit our website at www.WhileWereWaiting.org for more information about our nonprofit ministry to bereaved parents.
While We're Waiting® - Hope After Child Loss
319 | A Holy Grief (Part One) with Angie Ford-Green
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Angie's experience with grief began early in life, losing her father to a massive heart attack when she was just twelve years old. With little guidance and few opportunities to express her grief, she learned to hide her pain and pretend she was okay when she wasn't ... a pattern that would follow her for decades.
Then, more than forty years later, her 28-year-old son, Kevin, died suddenly while surfing in the Pacific Ocean. This time, she knew she couldn't grieve the same way.
At Kevin's burial, Angie's mother spoke words that would change the course of her life: "My prayer for you is that you will have a holy grief."
In this first half of our conversation, Angie shares the story of Kevin's life, the heartbreaking day she learned of his death, and how God invited her to embrace her grief rather than bury it. We talk about the difference between stuffing our emotions and honestly lamenting before the Lord, the importance of inviting others into our sorrow, and the hope that comes from connecting our hurt to the Healer.
Angie's story is a powerful reminder that God meets us in our deepest sorrow and faithfully walks with us through it.
Resources Mentioned (with links!):
- A Mother Like Me by Angie Ford-Green
- Mothers Like Me by Angie Ford-Green
Visit Angie's website: A Mother Like Me
Next Week: In the second half of our conversation, Angie shares what she's learned during more than two decades of living with child loss. We'll talk about marriage after loss, choosing gratitude, navigating holidays and special days, discovering purpose in pain, and the ministry God has built from her journey.
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