Episodes
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Love 🤍 Lives Here
Unicorns unite in solidarity! Listen now to find out how in this podcast or read more about unicorns, unity and understanding uniqueness in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/11/30/love-lives-here/
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The Cost of Love
Is the cost of love worth it? Listen to this podcast or read more about finding faith when you live with profound grief in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/11/23/the-cost-of-love/
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Dear Son *
A grieving mom begins her letter to her departed son, “I’m still here.” Listen to this podcast or read more about finding faith when you live with profound grief in this blog post, https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/11/16/dear-son/
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Hoarding 🍬Candy
Do you ever feel like you’re flunking life because your feelings get in the way? Maybe, in reality, you are acknowledging your feelings and in doing so, according to this award-winning blogger, you are actually an honor student of life. Listen to this podcast or read more about how to get...
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Color 🎨 Outside the Lines
Do you notice fall’s colors or pass them by in your rushed, little world? Sometimes it takes loss to appreciate the season’s splendor as this grieving mom knows too well. See if you don’t look extra hard at the leaves next time you’re outdoors after you listen to this podcast or read the post on...
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Holiday🎃Season Kick-Start
Happy Halloween! Or is it? Listen to this podcast to hear how this grieving mom copes with remorseful memories or read more about finding faith when you live with profound grief in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/10/26/holiday%f0%9f%8e%83season-kick-start/
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No Going Back
“I wish I learned that The Little Engine That Could sometimes Couldn’t,” writes this mourning mom blogger as she grapples with faith and hope when all seems lost. Listen to this podcast or read more about finding faith when you live with profound grief in this blog post:...
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Weapon for Success
How do you stop worrying about what others think of you? Some, like the blogger’s 26-year-old son, lack the mental abilities and, as such, take extreme measures. Others, like Jordan, manage to define themselves and forge on. Listen to this podcast to find out how Jordan's faith forward thinking...
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One more day
What do you do when the pain and grief of life plows you down, and you don’t want to keep plowing on? Listen to how this award-winning blogger does it or read about it in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/10/05/one-more-day/
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Life Stages and Curtain Times
“As the years unravel, I am quite sure, though, that they will reckon with life's growing and going pains and come to recognize the continual goodbye that strings the moments together until the final goodbye.” Listen to this award-winning blogger’s poignant reflections on life that are bold and...
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Dusty Trails
What’s the connection between household dust, shedding skin, memories and grief? Listen to this podcast to find out or read about it in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/09/21/dusty-trails/
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Faith in the Big Yellow School Bus
School is Open! The magic school bus roars again. (Or is it just another ordinary school bus doing extraordinary work?) Listen to this podcast or read about it in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/09/14/faith-in-the-big-yellow-school-bus/
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For the love of the prized pistachio
Here’s one way to learn the wonderful art of mindfulness – and gain a little faith along the way: Eat pistachios. Listen to this podcast or read about it in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/09/07/for-the-love-of-the-prized-pistachio/
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Hallmark’s Hallmark?
Do you know what kind of ramifications Hallmark Gold Crown rewards promo codes that begin with “SUIC” can have on suicide loss survivors – at least from this writer’s perspective? Listen to this podcast or read about it in this blog post:...
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Blessed 🎂Birthday
A blessed or cursed life? Listen to this podcast or read about it in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/08/24/blessed-birthday/
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22 Strong
Another “New Normal” Birthday. Join in on the celebration and listen to this podcast or read about it in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/08/17/22-strong/
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Entering the Gates of 🌤️Heaven
Wedding Bliss after a year of abyss. Join in on the adventure and listen to this podcast or read about it in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/08/10/entering-the-gates-of-heaven/
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Winning the🏆Real Prize🏆
Sometimes the real prize you desire with all your heart is impossible to win in the game of life. You flex your faith muscle and say: “I am that.” Join in and listen or read about it in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/08/03/winning-the%f0%9f%8f%86real-prize%f0%9f%8f%86/
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🏆Blogging Award🏆Announced!
Sometimes the real prize you desire with all your heart is impossible to win in the game of life, because all is lost and out of your control. Then, out of the blue, you are awarded a second prize. A little arm twisting and the next thing you know, it’s SHOWTIME! Join in on the adventure and…
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Mary Days
Do you ever experience “Mary Days” ruminating about the world’s inequalities? They certainly are not days to celebrate as you can hear in this podcast or read about in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/07/20/mary-days/
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Leap of Faith
In this grieving mom’s journey, discover how to find faith when you feel like a sole survivor still standing. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/07/13/leap-of-faith/
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Final Blastoff
Sometimes it’s smART to put your faith in ART. Listen now or read about it in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/07/06/final-blastoff/
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Dish of Creamy Beige, Please
.Discovered any good rocks recently? This blogger’s lifelong search for rocks continues on her mom’s grief journey, and it has helped her build bedrock to stand on. Join her on this insightful, poignant journey! This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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In the Heights of Father’s Day
Whether our children live or die, love hurts. Listen now, or read about it in this blog post, https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/06/22/in-the-heights-of-fathers-day/
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Calendar Crazies
Hear how calendars can signify many things during the different stages of one's life and how calendars can not only keep you on track, but help you keep the faith. You can also read about it in this blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/06/15/calendar-crazies/
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Broken Shoelaces
Hear how one grieving mom tries to keep the faith, but can’t understand why we assign quantitative, numerical values on a person’s personal feelings and emotions in this episode, which is also available as a blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/06/08/broken-shoelaces/
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Time Frames and Life Frames
Hear how one grieving mom finds inner peace after experiencing an unimaginable, tragic set of circumstances in this episode, which is also available as a blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/06/01/time-frames-and-life-frames/
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May 25th
“So, all her years of prayers amounted to nothing,” the blogger writes about her mom’s life that ended completely different than anyone could ever anticipate. Hear more about unanswered prayers and how to flex the faith muscle in the darkest of times in this episode, which is also available as a...
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Maze Craze
“The maze I was given with an entrance and goal was a scam, the layout, to this day, is too convoluted and ambiguous to ever figure out. There is no start and finish. No solution.” Hear about this grieving mom’s life and how she keeps the faith in this WTF, Where's the Faith episode, which is…
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Monster Moms and other Musings
It’s been said before: “Hurt people hurt.” Keeping this in mind, many times, the Moms who really need a hug are those who appear they don’t deserve a hug. Monster moms, if you will. Hear all about them in this episode, which is also available as a blog post:...
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Pondering Poodles & Other Toys
The blog writer reflects on what would have been 30 years of marriage if she lived a happy-ending storybook life. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/05/04/pondering-poodles-other-toys/
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Prayer House
Hear why, after experiencing four years of answered prayers and witnessing one miracle, the blog writer ceased praying with her dearest friend, a former religious sister, now layperson member of the Carmelite Order, after the sudden death of her 26-year-old son. This episode is also available as…
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GOoDness
Hear how “GOoDness” has carried the blog post writer through a 17-month grief journey. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/04/20/goodness/
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Fear Mongrels
Hear how the blog writer's mission is to stop perpetuating the fear cycle, weld a faith shield and conquer the bullies in her life …. "If fear and faith are segregated roommates then I am at that point where I am friending faith." This episode is also available as a blog post:...
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WTF: One Year Strong
How do you write a blog about faith when you have none and/or wrestle with your own faith? Hear how one blog writer manages to do it. This episode is called "WTF: One Year Strong" and is also available as a blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/04/06/wtf-one-year-strong/
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What’s your Name, Anastasia?
Blog post writer "Anastasia" explains how an Indonesian writer, Norman Erikson Pasaribu, impacts her life through his short story, So What’s Your Name, Sandra? She explains: “My identification on so many levels with the main character, Sandra, who is Indonesian, supersedes our cultural…
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Taking Fear for a (Fast) Ride
Mourning Mom's Reflections: "Faith in Mama Sandra." This episode is also available as a blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/03/16/taking-fear-for-a-fast-ride/
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B-Day Bashes, Messy Dryers & Other Musings
Mourning Mom's reflections: Faith before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://wtfwheresthefaith.wordpress.com/2021/03/09/b-day-bashes-messy-dryers-other-musings/
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