for The Journey Back “Home”6/10 c91 Guest
I enjoy reading this story and looking forward to more chapters. Thanks for sharing.
I enjoy reading this story and looking forward to more chapters. Thanks for sharing.
11/3/2024 c91 Guest
Is this story over now or will it continue for more growth and more children?
Is this story over now or will it continue for more growth and more children?
9/3/2024 c91 Dmancill
Losing a child is probably the hardest thing any of us ever has to do, not only is our love tested, but also our resolve to carry on. The sadness we feel for them not having been able to experience the joys of family and living is almost unbearable. We never get over the loss, but by the grace of God, we're able to get through it. Take care of yourself and please keep writing.
Losing a child is probably the hardest thing any of us ever has to do, not only is our love tested, but also our resolve to carry on. The sadness we feel for them not having been able to experience the joys of family and living is almost unbearable. We never get over the loss, but by the grace of God, we're able to get through it. Take care of yourself and please keep writing.
8/31/2024 c91 Guest
You were right! I needed the Kleenex. Beautiful story! Sad, but beautiful. Life is a mixture of both beauty and sadness. We were never meant to die; God put forever in our hearts. However, he has given us the means to redeem us and the means to cope until all is as it was meant to be. Thank you for conveying that. Your pain and empathy for those who have loved and lost is very apparent.
You were right! I needed the Kleenex. Beautiful story! Sad, but beautiful. Life is a mixture of both beauty and sadness. We were never meant to die; God put forever in our hearts. However, he has given us the means to redeem us and the means to cope until all is as it was meant to be. Thank you for conveying that. Your pain and empathy for those who have loved and lost is very apparent.
9/1/2024 c91 
2Mamabethany
When a couple marries they never dream that this could happen, and then, more often than we realize, it happens in their first year of marriage. It CHANGES EVERYTHING. Husbands and wives griefve differently, and you showed that. I wanted to scream with Nathan in the church, and I could see his desperate eyes like Elizabeth did when he came home that night. I love how you've told the story of them choosing to comfort each other and walk through it together. I love how you've shown Allie grieving nearly as much as her parents - Cora was her sister! And you've told the story of their first Christmas after Cora, which is always a big milestone no matter how long it's been since that loss.
2MamabethanyWhen a couple marries they never dream that this could happen, and then, more often than we realize, it happens in their first year of marriage. It CHANGES EVERYTHING. Husbands and wives griefve differently, and you showed that. I wanted to scream with Nathan in the church, and I could see his desperate eyes like Elizabeth did when he came home that night. I love how you've told the story of them choosing to comfort each other and walk through it together. I love how you've shown Allie grieving nearly as much as her parents - Cora was her sister! And you've told the story of their first Christmas after Cora, which is always a big milestone no matter how long it's been since that loss.
9/1/2024 c90 Mamabethany
Dearest friend, I knew from your preface what this chapter would hold, and so I took half a day to search my heart and find out if I was ready to read it. By mid-day I was ready. As you know I have experienced this loss. You wrote this beautifully and with the level of detail and truth that grows from having witnessed it or experienced it yourself. In Memory of your Grand Nephew Corey
Dearest friend, I knew from your preface what this chapter would hold, and so I took half a day to search my heart and find out if I was ready to read it. By mid-day I was ready. As you know I have experienced this loss. You wrote this beautifully and with the level of detail and truth that grows from having witnessed it or experienced it yourself. In Memory of your Grand Nephew Corey
8/31/2024 c91 17heartofhopevalley
Oh my goodness, I totally cried reading this two chapters. So beautifully done. Thank you for sharing your heart with us. ️
17heartofhopevalleyOh my goodness, I totally cried reading this two chapters. So beautifully done. Thank you for sharing your heart with us. ️
8/31/2024 c91 17Eilie Hunter
Nathan’s overwhelming tears. Joseph’s comforting present and prayer. Allie’s sobbing and crying out to God… More weeping…
I kept wondering where Nathan was as he disappeared from the story for a while and there was so much about Elizabeth. Yet I am grateful for her realization. Both Nathan and Elizabeth suffered great loss when alone, so I can grasp they would only know how to grieve on their own, separately. This will be a beautiful bonding of them as a couple and the four of them as a family together in a life-altering experience.
I look forward to more of their journey and have renewed hope along with Elizabeth.
Thank you for including these hard chapters and for continuing this story.
17Eilie HunterNathan’s overwhelming tears. Joseph’s comforting present and prayer. Allie’s sobbing and crying out to God… More weeping…
I kept wondering where Nathan was as he disappeared from the story for a while and there was so much about Elizabeth. Yet I am grateful for her realization. Both Nathan and Elizabeth suffered great loss when alone, so I can grasp they would only know how to grieve on their own, separately. This will be a beautiful bonding of them as a couple and the four of them as a family together in a life-altering experience.
I look forward to more of their journey and have renewed hope along with Elizabeth.
Thank you for including these hard chapters and for continuing this story.
8/31/2024 c91 Eilie Hunter
Well, despite the warning I didn’t get the tissues, but I have them now… This is heart-wrenching, but beautifully written. You have allowed us to climb right into the story and see and feel the hope, the fear, the tragedy and the sorrow. I only hope this loss draws them closer together…
Well, despite the warning I didn’t get the tissues, but I have them now… This is heart-wrenching, but beautifully written. You have allowed us to climb right into the story and see and feel the hope, the fear, the tragedy and the sorrow. I only hope this loss draws them closer together…
10/23/2023 c89 Dmancill
Very exciting and definitely ready for more of the story. Take care of yourself and please keep writing.
Very exciting and definitely ready for more of the story. Take care of yourself and please keep writing.