Letters to Taylor: On Expressions of Sympathy and LoveMy sweet girl,Four weeks ago today, our family followed the hurse holding your body as we made our way to the cemetery. In some ways, it seems like yesterday and in others, it would appear to have been years ago. I feel like I’ve aged more in the last six weeks than the last six years.Last week the house was busy during the … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Expressions of Sympathy and Love
Letters to Taylor: On Pain
Letters to Taylor: On PainMy Sweet T,This morning I woke suddenly with severe chest pain. For a split-second, I thought I was having a heart attack but once my brain kicked into gear, I realized that dreams and thoughts of you had clashed with my body as I was waking. The deep pain was the heartache of missing you. It’s happened several times since you left us for heaven, but always during … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Pain
Letters to Taylor: On Grief and Imagination
Letters to Taylor: On Grief and ImaginationMy dear Taylor,Each day since your graduation to heaven has left me wondering what grief lesson I have yet to learn. I could say that I miss you, but those three little words understate my true feelings. Emotional highs and lows grip my heart at random times and in unexplainable ways. To be only a five-letter word, grief surely packs a powerful … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Grief and Imagination
Welcome to Focus on the Family Visitors
Thank you for stopping by!I'm honored that you would take the time to check out the Wojo place and tribe.Since I have no way to know how much you've read or heard, can I share parts of our story in an effort to point the way to hope for hurting hearts?In the last few months, I've been writing Letters to Taylor. They began as a way to communicate with my sweet girl as her debilitating … [Read more...] about Welcome to Focus on the Family Visitors
Perfect Peace Bible Reading Plan & Journal February Challenge
Welcome to the February 2019 Bible reading plan and journal challenge! If this is your first time here, then I’m so glad to have you!Could you be patient for just a moment as I share my heart about this month's challenge? I need to be totally honest with you. God has called me to host the monthly Bible reading challenge and I've done so for years. Although I want to be faithful to do the work … [Read more...] about Perfect Peace Bible Reading Plan & Journal February Challenge
Navigating Seasons of Change with Grace
Several months ago, Laura, my church friend, asked if I would speak at the Chosen Conference, an event she was hosting for Christian women. She asked me to speak on navigating seasons of change with grace and I marked my calendar for January 12, 2019.Neither of us knew that one of the biggest changes of my life would happen with our precious Taylor girl entering heaven just 10 days before I … [Read more...] about Navigating Seasons of Change with Grace
Letters to Taylor: On Sorrow and Joy
My sweet girl,I woke up this morning with you on my mind. The highs and lows of sorrow and joy mingling throughout this week have left me weary. I initially began writing these letters when you could hear me read them to you. Now I find myself asking the Lord how much folks in heaven can see and hear what is happening on earth. Does He allow them to have influence on people and events? … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Sorrow and Joy
Letters to Taylor: On Loss
Letters to Taylor: On LossMy Taylor,Life has been so strange this week without you here. On Monday, I thought that perhaps once we laid your body to rest at the cemetery, I would feel like we could find a “new normal.” I’d heard others who have lost loved ones use that term before. It seemed that the fog we had entered in the last few weeks of your life might start to lift. I was wrong. It … [Read more...] about Letters to Taylor: On Loss