I was at the gas station this morning and was carded for one of my purchases. After the initial shock of When I die I may not go to heaven Shirt being carded. I handed over my license and when he handed it back his comment was “Wow, you’re well preserved”. I remember sitting at a red light, my boys had died about 6 months earlier.

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And the realization that I’d never reach back there to hand them a paci or console them or see them sitting back there was a When I die I may not go to heaven Shirt punch to the gut I wasn’t expecting. He has lost 2 daughters, his wife suffered a brain aneurysm. Days, weeks, months, years later, grief still finds you.

And it’s ok to feel the pain. Grief is a When I die I may not go to heaven Shirt reminder that we lost something incredibly special and it’s not the immediate moments we miss but the future as well. The birthdays, football games, weddings, Sunday afternoon naps together, graduations, and everyday things that hurt. Give yourself grace.