On Grief: He Gives and Takes Away

by Sheila Gregoire | Sep 1, 2017 | grief, healing

In my life, grief and gifts have often come hand in hand. On Monday it will be 21 years since my son Christopher passed away, and this time of year I always like to think about him and honour him a bit on this blog. But when I remember him, it’s not just with...

7 Ways to Comfort a Friend Through Grief

by Sheila Gregoire | Aug 7, 2017 | friendship, grief, healing

How can you help a friend through grief? Yesterday we celebrated what would have been my son’s 21st birthday. He never made it to see his first. It’s almost ironic, but Christopher is the reason that I started writing and speaking. Way back in the late...

10 Ways to Nurture Your Marriage Through Grief

by Sheila Gregoire | Jun 6, 2017 | Faith, grief, housework, Marriage

How many of us, when vowing “for better or for worse,” really expect to have to deal with the “worse”? After reading hundreds of stories that end with “And the prince and the princess lived happily ever after,” it can be easy to be...

Life is Too Short for Unresolved Arguments

by Sheila Gregoire | Jan 13, 2017 | grief, peace, resolving conflict, Uncategorized

All this week we’ve been talking about resolving conflict in marriage. If you missed some of the posts on how to resolve conflict, please read this one on the one reason we can never fix marriage problems. It’ s SO important that couples get this concept!...

Reader Question: My Husband Doesn’t Want Any More Kids. I Do.

by Sheila Gregoire | Aug 29, 2016 | grief, Parenting, purpose, resolving conflict

What do you do when you desperately want more children, but your husband says he’s done? Every Monday I like to take a reader question and try to answer it, and today’s is a woman in pain over the loss of the dreams of future kids. She writes: I still...

Why I’m Okay 20 Years After My Son Died

by Sheila Gregoire | Aug 8, 2016 | gratitude, grief, peace

Saturday was a tough anniversary for me. My son Christopher would have turned 20. He was a month old when he died. I posted about it on my Facebook Page and I was just blown away by all your kind messages and responses and even the personal emails. Truly blown away....

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About Sheila

Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 25 years and happily married for 20! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 8 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.