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Special Announcement
Friends, over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing short excerpts from my new book, When Scars Become Stories. I’m so excited to offer these words of hope, encouragement, and healing with you ahead of the book’s official launch. Grief is a lifelong journey, and we all need support as we walk a road noContinue reading “Special Announcement”

Pat Elsberry
Jan 53 min read


A New Year With A Grieving Heart
A new year can feel like an unspoken expectation—to be stronger, to do better, to move on. But grief does not follow the calendar.

Pat Elsberry
Dec 30, 20252 min read


A Sacred Season, A Tender Heart
The holiday season comes clothed in glittering lights, familiar hymns, and cherished traditions. It is often spoken of as a season of joy and celebration, rich with togetherness and expectation. Yet for those walking through grief, this sacred season meets a tender heart, and the holidays can feel heavy, quiet, and anything but joyful. Grief has a way of amplifying everything, and during the holidays, it speaks louder. Every ornament pulled from a box carries a memory. Every

Pat Elsberry
Dec 16, 20252 min read


Choose What You Need This Christmas
The Christmas season has a way of magnifying what and who is missing. Everywhere we turn, people are celebrating “the most wonderful time of the year,” yet for those grieving, it can feel like the heaviest. The lights may sparkle, but our hearts don’t always shine the same way they once did. And the tension between what the world expects and what our souls can carry becomes especially real. One of the hardest parts of the holidays is figuring out how to handle invitations, ga

Pat Elsberry
Dec 9, 20252 min read
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