A Suitcase for Heaven

Dear Reader, I have had family and friends experience loss this month. It is hard. I felt the weight of it while washing dishes last night—thoughts and memories flooding in. How can I still be here, doing something so mundane, with the kids chatting in the background like nothing has happened, while another family's world has been turned upside down? I have a hard time staying composed at funerals. I think of those left behind, and the tears just won’t stop coming. I’ve lost several friends...