Category Archives: Suffering

Walking with Sorrow

Posted on April 23, 2014 by bryoniemoon

“But we never knew, we children, because the death of a baby is a melody played softly through its mother’s life like an intimate dirge, and you have to have died a little yourself to hear the music.” (in Nora … Continue reading →

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To Trust and Love

Posted on January 18, 2014 by bryoniemoon

Do you ever wonder what obedience is? Deep in your heart you’re thinking, “Lord, what the hell do you want from me anyway?” Excuse the language, but really. Sometimes that’s how I feel. You face a situation where you have … Continue reading →

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The Wounded Surgeon

Posted on December 7, 2013 by bryoniemoon

I love Evangeline’s hair. I love how different it is from mine. I love the challenge of learning how to care for it and how to make it look beautiful. What product is the best? What style? These things are … Continue reading →

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Outpost Theology and Another Reason to Read Tolkein

Posted on August 15, 2013 by bryoniemoon

Why is it that we never need much of a reason for doing something fun? A friend of mine asked to take me out for my birthday recently. I didn’t text back to say, “Wow. I’m going to need to … Continue reading →

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Absorbing the Fall

Posted on June 6, 2013 by bryoniemoon

Yesterday was pretty sucky. Not a nice word, but there you have it. I took Evangeline (who has yet to be properly introduced here!) to the Social Security Office to apply for a social security number. When we emerged from … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Four Years

Posted on April 5, 2013 by bryoniemoon

We haven’t been out to Hillside for months. The snow and our busy lives kept us away. But standing at the grave it is easy to open the flood gates. Suddenly four years disappears and it all happened yesterday. The … Continue reading →

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Heroism (May 2012)

Posted on August 12, 2012 by bryoniemoon

I have been thinking a lot lately about courage. Supposedly a better translation of the virtuous woman in Proverbs 31 is the heroic woman. She is said to “laugh at the days to come.” That never made sense to me. … Continue reading →

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Chiaroscuro (November 2010)

Posted on August 10, 2012 by bryoniemoon

Advent is here and another Christmas approaches. Even though Christmas is hard now I am finding comfort in the liturgy of the church, in celebrating the birth of Christ at the same time of year that countless Christians through the … Continue reading →

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Aslan is on the move (April 2010)

Posted on August 10, 2012 by bryoniemoon

I discovered recently that I am madly in love with spring. Where I grew up gray slowly becomes green and winter rains soften to spring rains. This does have its advantages. When my mom calls to tell me she’s pruning … Continue reading →

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Going On A Year (March 2010)

Posted on August 10, 2012 by bryoniemoon

For some reason, as our babies’ birthday approaches I have been thinking a lot about one of my crazy, random memories from last year. After our loss, it took me a few weeks to go back to the nursing home … Continue reading →

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