Good Through Grief

by Katie Madden

My dad was killed in a car wreck about three years ago. Only by the love of God am I able to overcome the trauma of this tragedy.

Other tags: death, family, depression

He Pulled Me Through

by Laura DeYoung

From the time I was a little girl I remember having a notion of God. I grew up Catholic and went to church. There was something mysteriously drawing me to something much bigger than myself. I sometimes would walk to the church in my neighboorhood of East Los Angeles when no services were in session. I would sit in the pews and take in the beauty of the stained glass and statues; I remember the sweet smell of candles and incense that seemed to wrap itself around me.

Other tags: loss, cancer, Los Angeles, death, surviving, losing child