Summary: You’re listening to The Joyful Mourning Podcast Episode 028. In this week’s episode I get to spend some time chatting with Libby Marler, a wife, a mother and an experienced counselor who recently set out to specifically help families who have received difficult news such as fatal diagnosis’. Libby shares her own story of her daughter Meredith, what it was like to receive the news that Meredith had a life-threatening congenital heart defect, what it was like to lose her after complications from an open heart surgery and what it has been like since then, learning to live without her. Libby shares an incredible amount of wisdom about walking through grief -- wisdom that will bring you freedom in your own grief today. We talk about bringing all of our emotions, all of our feelings, even the messy, ugly ones, to God and how He wants us to bring those things to Him. We talk about the importance of community and friendships and saying out loud how we are doing and how much healing takes place when that happens. And if you are here because you love someone who is grieving -- we have so much wisdom for you in this episode too and we even share the one question we think you should be asking to someone who is hurting. I’m so grateful you are here friend and I pray this episode blesses you today. -- DO YOU FEEL ALONE IN YOUR GRIEF? As I mentioned, and as you will hear, Libby and I spend time talking about the value of community, of friendships, of having a safe place to process how we are doing. If you are looking for that very thing, if you feel alone in your grief and just need another person to listen, come join The Joyful Mourning Community. It’s an online community of women just like you who can listen and pray and offer wisdom and just be there so you don’t have to feel alone anymore. Come join us by going to thejoyfulmourningcommunity.com. I’ll see you there. --- THE JOYFUL MOURNING COMMUNITY: www.thejoyfulmourningcommunity.com THE JOYFUL MORNING INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/thejoyfulmorning EPISODE 028 SHOW NOTES: www.themorning.com/episode028
