I've been through a lot and if God can use that story to help people through a lot of pain and heartache and share hope with people, well we'll see how it progresses.

Obviously, I've been heartbroken. We all know what that feels like.

If someone has gone through a lot of emotional pain, including the loss of loved ones, that person may try to build a shell around his or her feelings to protect him- or herself from the pain.

While I may not take away every hurt, I will always give you what you need to live joyfully—in spite of the hurts. Just ask.

JEREMIAH 31:25

COME TO ME when you are hurting, and I will soothe your pain. Come to Me when you are joyful, and I will share your Joy,

Jesus sufferes to sympathize with our sufferings.

When you're grieving that's not the time to be brave or strong, you need to let it show

Each time a friend dies, the present becomes the past, in an instant.

I honor my grief. I try to be kinder to myself. I give myself time to move through and to process whatever is making me sad.

I was standing in our dining-room thinking of nothing in particular, when a cablegram was put into my hand. It said, 'Susy was peacefully released today.' It is one of the mysteries of our nature that a man, all unprepared, can receive a thunder-stroke like that and live.

Becky cried, and Tom tried to think of some way of comforting her, but all his encouragements were grown threadbare with use, and sounded like sarcasms.