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Changes

Life comes with many changes. Some are welcomed and expected, like a refreshing summer rain, or they run you over like a Semi Truck, leaving you crushed and spread out…

Christina In Second Firsts Letters, Message In A Bottle, The First Year

Dear Anxiety Let’s Talk About You

It happens in your whole beingness, deep down and within every layer of your body. It pulls from inside out, and your whole world around you spins like a maze…

Christina In Second Firsts Letters, Message In A Bottle, The First Year

Grieving Inside the Waiting Room vs Outside

What is the difference between grieving inside the Waiting Room vs outside? Someone in my Life Starters community asked me this question this week. So, I thought this is an…

Christina In Second Firsts Letters, Message In A Bottle, The First Year

A Little Bit of Cursing After Loss

This letter might shock you just a little. I am going to be using a curse word and want to warn you. Every week I share with you my own…

Christina In Second Firsts Letters, Message In A Bottle, The First Year

You Are Enough Without the Bending

I always believed that I was someone who tells it like it is. I have been called a tough cookie more times than I can count. I am the person…

Christina In Second Firsts Letters, Message In A Bottle, The First Year

There Are Many Frontiers After Loss

Life after loss is a work of art. It takes decades of creating. It roars behind the clouds and screams at night in our souls. It is the most powerful…

Christina In Second Firsts Letters, Message In A Bottle, The First Year

The Half Step…

There will always be setbacks, especially in the beginning. When I say beginning, I mean the first 2 to 3 years after loss. Sorry I didn’t say six months or…