091: Walking Through the Loss of a Child with Kim Erickson

Kim Erickson is a wife of over 20 years, mama of Austin (in heaven) and Ethan, family immigration attorney, speaker, and author of, among others, her newest book, "Surviving Sorrow: A Mother's Guide to Living With Loss". Today she walks us through how we can grieve, how we can help others in their grief, and how the Lord helps us along the way.

What We Chat about in Today's Episode:

~Kim's new book, "Surviving Sorrow", what led her to write it, and what readers can expect

~Balancing your grief against your hope awaiting you in heaven

~Jesus' example for how to empathize with others in their loss and grief and to enter into it with them

~The problem with offering nice little platitudes to those who are grieving a loss

~What to say and what not to say to those who are grieving

~The power of just being silent and crying with those in grief

~Going to our Heavenly Father with our real emotions - anger, frustration, grief, all of it

~Coming to the point in believing God has a plan for all that is happening in your life

~The healing that comes from surrender

~The things to do and not do when with someone who is walking through grief

~The gift of the Holy Spirit as we walk this journey

~Believing that God is good even when life is feeling like it's anything but good

~The power of studying the stories of Joseph and David in the hard times

~The current coronavirus situation

~And more!

For full show notes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast