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A Faith-Shaped Hole in My Heart
Faith-Shaped Hole This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my Disclosure for more information. I will always have a Faith-Shaped hole in my heart. For those of you who have lost a child(ren), you know what I mean. For those of you who haven’t, please allow me to explain. Earlier this evening, my husband, our daughter Joy, and I were hanging out in the bedroom watching a Christmas movie. We talked about Faith and how she would be laying right next to Joy in the bed with us if she were here. It was a very difficult moment for both of us. I know we will always have a…
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Missing Faith
As we draw near to Joy’s first birthday, I have been thinking about and missing Faith. I cannot help but miss her and think of what she may be like today. She would be 2 years and 3 months old now. I know she is a wonderful big sister and she would be a great one here if she were here. We moved in June to IL to be close to my family with a lot of cousins that are around Joy’s age so she can grow up around family. It is also a much more relaxed way of life than living so close to the big city. We both…
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Capture Your Grief – Day 31 – Sunset
Well, today is the last day of Capture Your Grief for this year. Of course the topic is Sunset. I did not get a picture of a sunset here in FL, USA today, although I am sure it was very nice. So, for my picture for today, I am using a picture I took not too long ago in this area, so it is still my picture and it is still around sunset at an area close to where I live! As this project comes to a close this year, I am thankful that I have taken the time to participate. It has been a great time for me to…
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Capture Your Grief – Day 28 – Reach Out
Reach Out is today’s Capture Your Grief topic. This evening I was planning to go to bed a bit earlier, however, I wanted to get some work done for someone very special, so I am just wrapping up that work for this evening. I am not going to mention what work it is that I am doing. I will just say that I am currently working with someone on a project and needed to get some things done on said project. It makes me feel very good that this person trusts me with such important tasks that need to be completed. I feel blessed that I am able to help…
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Capture Your Grief – Day 27 – Self Portrait
Today’s Capture Your Grief topic is Self Portrait. This is an interesting topic I think. It forces us to search ourselves and who we are today; looking through the experience of losing our child. Today, I am taking this topic question by question…just to change it up a bit. Here I go! Q: Who am I now in this present moment? A: I can honestly say that I am Sara Bryant, happy wife, happy mom, happy daughter, happy sister, happy niece, happy cousin…I guess I can truly say that I am happy again. I didn’t think I would be able to be happy again after losing Faith, but I am. …
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Capture Your Grief – Day 26 – Gratitude
Gratitude is today’s Capture Your Grief topic. This is a wonderful idea! I am grateful for so many things! I am grateful to be alive, to have a wonderful husband, for having 2 wonderful daughters, Faith in Heaven and Joy here with us, for a wonderful family and great friends, new ideas, new business ideas, a roof over my head, food to eat, my health, the list goes on and on… I believe Carly is very accurate here when she talks about practicing being grateful daily. At first, when you experience the loss of your child, you are doing good to get out of bed. However, gradually, as time goes…
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Capture Your Grief – Day 25 – Earth Remembrance
Earth Remembrance, that is yesterday’s Capture Your Grief topic. I got a day behind, so I am catching up!! Gotta stick with it! Last year, my husband and I planted this beautiful red hibiscus plant in our backyard in honor and memory of Faith. It is now very tall and beautiful. I will have to post a more recent picture of it soon, but wanted to share this picture with this particular post. I really like this picture a lot. I look at myself in this picture and remember that through all the pain of losing Faith, I am still mostly a happy person. Faith still brings happiness to me,…
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Capture Your Grief – Day 24 – Choose Your Breath
Choose Your Breath is today’s Capture Your Grief topic. Most days I would say that I have a pretty good handle on where I am in my grief journey. I certainly do believe that grief and healing can co-exist. I believe I am living proof of that fact. While I don’t believe I will ever completely “heal” from losing Faith, I do believe that I am going through a healing process. The Lord has restored so much back to me. He has blessed us with another daughter, Joy, who truly does bring joy to my life every day. She is so wonderful. By NO means does one child ever replace…
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Capture Your Grief – Day 23 – Love Letter
My darling daughter, Faith, I am taking part in the Capture Your Grief project again this year. I miss you so very much. Right now I am having a cup of coffee while your younger sister, Joy is sleeping. I have so much to tell you, as I am sure you know. Your daddy and I are doing well, though we both love and miss you so much. The business I created in your honor, Faith Melody Memories, is doing well. I need to put some more time, effort, and money into it, but for now it is going pretty steady. I will be debuting a new line called “Faith…
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Capture Your Grief – Day 22 – Dreams + Rituals
Dreams + Rituals, that is today’s Capture Your Grief topic. Do I have any dreams for my future? The simple answer to this question is yes. I have many dreams for my future. I would love to see my jewelry business in honor of Faith continue to grow and grow. I also look forward to continuing to see Joy grow and one day to tell her about her older sister, Faith. I also believe that when the time is right, I will be able to help others going through this tremendous loss in some way. I have thought about volunteering for Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. I have also…
