12/19/2025
Someone you love has died.
And in your heart, you are coming to know a pain deeper than you ever imagined.
Grief brings chaos.
Your soul cries out.
At times, everything feels overwhelming, and hopelessness settles in.
As painful as it is, you begin to learn that grief must be honored.
You must surrender to it, sit with the wound, and make space for the loss itself.
If your experience is anything like mine, or the many mourners I have been honored to walk alongside since 2006, you may be feeling alone or even abandoned right now.
You may find yourself asking questions like:
“How can this be happening?”
“How am I going to make it through this?”
“Why do I feel so lost?”
Loss reminds us how little control we truly have.
It can leave us feeling powerless, helpless, and deeply weary.
When we lose someone we love, it changes us.
We mourn not only the loss of someone outside ourselves, but a loss within ourselves, too.
Sadness and loneliness may walk beside you on this journey.
You may feel that when your loved one died, part of you died as well.
And yet…
HOPE remains.
My prayer for you is strength for today, tomorrow, and the days ahead.
That you may discover HOPE, an expectation of good that is yet to be.
May you find new ways to renew your spirit.
May meaning, purpose, and love slowly return.
May you feel held by a loving God who never leaves you.
May your heart remain open to the gentle touch of HOPE.
Amen.
For hope is what draws us out of the dark and into the light.
Love and Blessings,
Chaplain Lorraine
—
Lorraine Terranova
Chaplain, Founder & CEO
The Widows Ministry (2006)
