Another journal entry: My heart is racing! The phone just rang and the person on the other end said, “Hi, may I please speak to Jacob?” I could hardly respond. It was an army recruiter who had gotten Jacob’s name from a list of seniors who graduated from his high school. I calmly asked the gentleman [...]
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Life Seven Months After Jacob’s Death
Posted in death of a son, God's Goodness In the Midst of Pain, Hope, Journal entries, Life After Death, Love, The Grief Process, The nearness of God, Uncategorized, tagged car accident, comforting a mother who has lost a child, coping with death, death of a child, death of a son, effect of time on grief, grief, hope for the future, hunger for God after tragedy, Jacob Nyenhuis, Life After Death, loss of a child, processing grief through writing, son's death, Writing to heal. therapeutic writing on February 2, 2010 | 4 Comments »
A Letter To Jacob 7 Months Later
Posted in death of a son, Journal entries, Letters to Jacob, Life After Death, The Grief Process, tagged A mother who has lost a child, grief, heaven, Hope, hope for the future, Jacob Nyenhuis, processing grief through writing, Sandy Nyenhuis blog, son's death, Writing to heal. therapeutic writing on February 1, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This is a letter I wrote to Jacob 7 1/2 months after he died. It was part of a journal I kept. Jacob, I will never ever forget all the love I have for you, because I carry it in my heart at all times. The hard part is that my heart has been broken [...]


