When I agreed to write a blog post on the topic of “grief”, I did so exactly one week before my nephew unexpectedly passed away. I had thought it would be an easy topic for me considering how much I had meditated on the subject. What I didn’t expect was to be writing on the topic in the midst of another fresh season of grief.
Hello. My name is Gayle and I’m a Fixer. I first discovered I had the problem when my kids were preschoolers. But I found I was pretty good at fixing things, so I kept at it. A Band-Aid for a scraped knee, a bottle and a nap for a cranky infant, a time-out for an allegation of a snatched-away toy. Yea! I think I got this!
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I can get bogged down by the daily juggle: people to love, places to be, and priorities to keep. It can feel like when one area is thriving, something else is lacking. Although our lives in 2023 are quite different from the ancient middle-eastern culture Jesus lived in, I find comfort in knowing that no matter the differences, He truly gets us.
