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This is a podcast FOR bereaved parents BY bereaved parents. Join your host, Jill Sullivan, as she talks with parents who have lost children of all ages to all types of circumstances. This is a podcast of stories ... stories of devastating loss and grief and heartbreak and struggle ... and stories of hope and healing and faith, and yes, even joy. Underlying every conversation will be the hope we have in Jesus Christ, which makes it possible to not just survive the loss of a child, but to live well while we're waiting to see them again in Heaven one day. Visit our website at www.WhileWereWaiting.org for more information about our nonprofit ministry to bereaved parents. 

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This is a podcast FOR bereaved parents BY bereaved parents. Join your host, Jill Sullivan, as she talks with parents who have lost children of all ages to all types of circumstances. This is a podcast of stories ... stories of devastating loss and grief and heartbreak and struggle ... and stories of hope and healing and faith, and yes, even joy. Underlying every conversation will be the hope we have in Jesus Christ, which makes it possible to not just survive the loss of a child, but to live well while we're waiting to see them again in Heaven one day. Visit our website at www.WhileWereWaiting.org for more information about our nonprofit ministry to bereaved parents. 

    Bonus 44 | Hannah's Facebook Profile

    Bonus 44 | Hannah's Facebook Profile

    You can learn a lot about someone from studying their Facebook profile.  Today's episode provides a little glimpse into Hannah's personality ...

    Thank you for joining me for another bonus episode of the While We're Waiting podcast in this year-long series in which I share our family’s experiences as our teenage daughter Hannah battled glioblastoma brain cancer from February 2008 through February 2009.  My desire is to process through the events of those twelve months with the perspective that 16 years has brought … and point people to hope in Jesus along the way.
    All views expressed by guests on this podcast are theirs alone, and may not represent the Statement of Faith and Statement of Beliefs of the While We're Waiting ministry.

    We'd love for you to connect with us here at While We're Waiting!

    Click HERE to visit our website and learn about our free While We're Waiting Weekends for bereaved parents

    Click HERE to learn more about our network of While We're Waiting support groups all across the country.

    Click HERE to subscribe to our YouTube channel

    Click HERE to follow our public Facebook page

    Click HERE to follow us on Instagram

    Click HERE to follow us on Twitter

    Click HERE to make a tax-deductible donation to the While We're Waiting ministry

    Contact Jill by email at: jill@whilewerewaiting.org

    • 4 min
    Bonus 43 | Ten Gifts From a Year With Cancer

    Bonus 43 | Ten Gifts From a Year With Cancer

    Cancer has taken so much from us ... and from so many others.  It may seem strange to even think that it can give anything, other than pain and grief.  But God, through the mystery of his grace, can take something even as ugly and destructive as cancer, and bring some good from it.  So, in no particular order, here are ten "gifts" that our year with cancer brought to our family ... 

    Thank you for joining me for another bonus episode of the While We're Waiting podcast in this year-long series in which I share our family’s experiences as our teenage daughter Hannah battled glioblastoma brain cancer from February 2008 through February 2009.  My desire is to process through the events of those twelve months with the perspective that 16 years has brought … and point people to hope in Jesus along the way.
    All views expressed by guests on this podcast are theirs alone, and may not represent the Statement of Faith and Statement of Beliefs of the While We're Waiting ministry.

    We'd love for you to connect with us here at While We're Waiting!

    Click HERE to visit our website and learn about our free While We're Waiting Weekends for bereaved parents

    Click HERE to learn more about our network of While We're Waiting support groups all across the country.

    Click HERE to subscribe to our YouTube channel

    Click HERE to follow our public Facebook page

    Click HERE to follow us on Instagram

    Click HERE to follow us on Twitter

    Click HERE to make a tax-deductible donation to the While We're Waiting ministry

    Contact Jill by email at: jill@whilewerewaiting.org

    • 5 min
    196 | Myths and Cliches of Grief (Part Two) with Austin DeArmond

    196 | Myths and Cliches of Grief (Part Two) with Austin DeArmond

    "They are in a better place."
    "Grief shows a lack of faith."
    "Once you're done grieving, things will go back to normal."

    If you've heard any of these unhelpful statements since the loss of your child, you're not alone.  In our western culture, I believe we have a tendency to minimize grief ... to gloss over it with glib platitudes.  Austin DeArmond joins me again today for a lively discussion about these three statements, along with seven more.   Listen in and be encouraged! 

    To listen to the first half of our discussion of myths and cliches of grief, click HERE. 

    Click HERE to connect with Austin's blog. 

    Click HERE to register for the Our Hearts Are Home conference!  


    All views expressed by guests on this podcast are theirs alone, and may not represent the Statement of Faith and Statement of Beliefs of the While We're Waiting ministry.

    We'd love for you to connect with us here at While We're Waiting!

    Click HERE to visit our website and learn about our free While We're Waiting Weekends for bereaved parents

    Click HERE to learn more about our network of While We're Waiting support groups all across the country.

    Click HERE to subscribe to our YouTube channel

    Click HERE to follow our public Facebook page

    Click HERE to follow us on Instagram

    Click HERE to follow us on Twitter

    Click HERE to make a tax-deductible donation to the While We're Waiting ministry

    Contact Jill by email at: jill@whilewerewaiting.org

    • 33 min
    Bonus 42 | Life Is Good?

    Bonus 42 | Life Is Good?

    Life isn't always good, but God is.  

    Thank you for joining me for another bonus episode of the While We're Waiting podcast in this year-long series in which I share our family’s experiences as our teenage daughter Hannah battled glioblastoma brain cancer from February 2008 through February 2009.  My desire is to process through the events of those twelve months with the perspective that 16 years has brought … and point people to hope in Jesus along the way.
    All views expressed by guests on this podcast are theirs alone, and may not represent the Statement of Faith and Statement of Beliefs of the While We're Waiting ministry.

    We'd love for you to connect with us here at While We're Waiting!

    Click HERE to visit our website and learn about our free While We're Waiting Weekends for bereaved parents

    Click HERE to learn more about our network of While We're Waiting support groups all across the country.

    Click HERE to subscribe to our YouTube channel

    Click HERE to follow our public Facebook page

    Click HERE to follow us on Instagram

    Click HERE to follow us on Twitter

    Click HERE to make a tax-deductible donation to the While We're Waiting ministry

    Contact Jill by email at: jill@whilewerewaiting.org

    • 4 min
    Bonus 41 | The Importance of Prior Preparation

    Bonus 41 | The Importance of Prior Preparation

    I think, that as Christians, we sometimes assume that we should be immune from difficulties.  Clearly that is not the case.  So how do we keep our faith from falling apart like a cheap lawn chair when suffering or tragedy does come our way?  Prior preparation can help.  

    Thank you for joining me for another bonus episode of the While We're Waiting podcast in this year-long series in which I share our family’s experiences as our teenage daughter Hannah battled glioblastoma brain cancer from February 2008 through February 2009.  My desire is to process through the events of those twelve months with the perspective that 16 years has brought … and point people to hope in Jesus along the way.
    All views expressed by guests on this podcast are theirs alone, and may not represent the Statement of Faith and Statement of Beliefs of the While We're Waiting ministry.

    We'd love for you to connect with us here at While We're Waiting!

    Click HERE to visit our website and learn about our free While We're Waiting Weekends for bereaved parents

    Click HERE to learn more about our network of While We're Waiting support groups all across the country.

    Click HERE to subscribe to our YouTube channel

    Click HERE to follow our public Facebook page

    Click HERE to follow us on Instagram

    Click HERE to follow us on Twitter

    Click HERE to make a tax-deductible donation to the While We're Waiting ministry

    Contact Jill by email at: jill@whilewerewaiting.org

    • 4 min
    Bonus 40 | One Month

    Bonus 40 | One Month

    This date sixteen years ago marked one month since Hannah's brain surgery.  Today I share an email I wrote that day to the many people who were praying for us ... 

    Thank you for joining me for another bonus episode of the While We're Waiting podcast in this year-long series in which I share our family’s experiences as our teenage daughter Hannah battled glioblastoma brain cancer from February 2008 through February 2009.  My desire is to process through the events of those twelve months with the perspective that 16 years has brought … and point people to hope in Jesus along the way.
    All views expressed by guests on this podcast are theirs alone, and may not represent the Statement of Faith and Statement of Beliefs of the While We're Waiting ministry.

    We'd love for you to connect with us here at While We're Waiting!

    Click HERE to visit our website and learn about our free While We're Waiting Weekends for bereaved parents

    Click HERE to learn more about our network of While We're Waiting support groups all across the country.

    Click HERE to subscribe to our YouTube channel

    Click HERE to follow our public Facebook page

    Click HERE to follow us on Instagram

    Click HERE to follow us on Twitter

    Click HERE to make a tax-deductible donation to the While We're Waiting ministry

    Contact Jill by email at: jill@whilewerewaiting.org

    • 2 min

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