š¾ When the Ordinary Moments Bring You to Tears This morning, I was making a chocolate chai latte (from a packet š) when I started thinking about a recipe I used to make years ago. (Chocolate Magic Mud Pudding) I stood on my toes and reached up into my cabinet above the stove where all…
Sweet November: Classic SmallāBatch Apple Crisp (For One or Two) Thereās something about the smell of baked apples, butter, and cinnamon that feels like a prayer of gratitude. This easy, smallābatch apple crisp is my cozy November favorite, simple, golden, and just enough for one or two. Itās mostly made with flour, so itās soft…
How to Feel Better While Grieving: 10 Gentle Ways to Lift Your Spirit Grief can make everything feel heavy, even the smallest things like getting dressed or making coffee. Itās easy to think nothing will help, but Iāve learned that little things do matter. Sometimes healing begins in the smallest, simplest steps, the kind that…
The Gold Belt or the Silver Belt: The Night of Our First Date Numbers. Bill and I were 3 years and 8 months apart in age. I donāt know why I wanted to open with this, but I never forget those numbers. July 13, 1996 – the night we met July 20, 1996 – our…
Letting go and healing when a spouse dies is a process. Grief is unlike anything Iāve ever been through.Ā It fits into its own category. Itās not a straight line or a five-box checklist. Most people move back and forth between feeling their loss and rebuilding daily life, sometimes in the same hour. That āwhiplashā…
Itās been 4 years and 2 months since my husband, Bill, passed away. Iām flashing forward quite a bit and I have so much to talk about.Ā So much. Iām writing in the moment.Ā But this moment is something Iāve experienced probably 90% of the time heās been gone. I donāt know how much…
Childhood Memories in Louisiana I was born in Louisiana, the land of pecan trees and craw fish boils pretty much any day of the week. And yes, we ate lots of craw fish! If you’re not familiar, weād cover the entire kitchen or dining room table with cut paper bags and pour the bag of…
The night we met in 1996. It was the 90ās.Ā It doesnāt sound like it was that long ago, but when I say July 13, 1996 and now it is 2025 (29 years!) then it feels like a long time ago. It was the time before everyone had cell phones. It was becoming a thing,…
Hi friend, Welcome to this little corner of the internet. Iām so glad youāre here. I created Lost.Loved.Found as a sacred space,Ā a quiet, comforting place for women (and men) who have walked through hard things and are learning to live again. If youāve experienced grief, felt unseen, or just longed for a fresh startā¦…