Hi I’m Sarah Julian, Author of my Daddy’s in Heaven and I’m still here. My husband passed away at the age of 29 and left behind our sweet six-month-old little girl and myself. Like many of you, I felt alone, abandoned, and that no one understood what I was going through. There were no facebook groups at the time, so I was in a very lonely place not having anyone that was going through the same thing as I was. That has now changed. There are support groups online, seasoned grievers helping less seasoned, and providing a place to just be real because the people there understand. There is no way that someone can comprehend our loss without experiencing it themselves, so we tend to isolate ourselves. Or the opposite happens, others distance themselves because they don’t know what to say or do. Sometimes that can be not only the most lonely of times, but also the most dangerous. Suicide is a major threat to one that is grieving because the pain is excruciating. Often those that are grieving feel that they can’t take it anymore, so they begin to think about ending their life. In fact, just last night in a widow and widowers support group someone shared that they had actually made a plan to end their life. Luckily, those that are in the group messaged her, contacted her family, and the local police department, and ended up saving this young woman’s life. She would have left behind a little boy who not only had just lost his father, but now his mother. This has stirred something in my heart that I can’t contain within myself. I have had the phrase in my heart to speak hope into grievers lives that they are not alone, but I am taking it to a whole other level. I am asking you all for action. I am asking you all to tell others that are in the same place as you that they are not alone. I am asking you to give them a persons face to remember when they are in their darkest times and want to give up. I want to challenge you to take a video of yourself and just say, “you are not alone”. If you do not want to take a video, you are welcome to take a picture with the phrase, “you are not alone.” Post it to my author page and then post it on your own sharing my video with the explanation. Together with God’s help and strength we can help the hopeless, and speak light into lives that need hope and healing. If you are someone that is listening now that has not suffered a loss, I challenge you to make a video as well. If you know of someone that is grieving, post a video of yourself saying, “you are not alone”, and post it on their timeline. There are so many that are grieving that just need to be told that one simple phrase, “You are not alone.” You don’t have to have the right words or do anything, you just need to be present. That is all grievers are looking for all across the world. They are looking for someone to walk with them through this journey as they figure things out. It is hard, excruciatingly painful at times, but at the end of their journey they will remember one thing, “They were not alone”.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 03:39:56 +0000
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