A Tumbleweed’s Life
Blows Blowing BlownFrom here to thereand on again Thoughts I controlDestination belongs to the...
Read Moreby Chris Lengquist | Sep 7, 2021 | Featured, Healing Journal | 0
Blows Blowing BlownFrom here to thereand on again Thoughts I controlDestination belongs to the...
Read Moreby Chris Lengquist | Jun 10, 2019 | Featured, Grief, Healing Journal | 3
To my surprise, both my wife and I reacted unexpectedly this past Saturday when we dropped off...
Read Moreby Chris Lengquist | Apr 7, 2019 | Featured, Grief, Healing Journal | 0
Emma only got to visit Lake Kahola a few times. We didn’t move in until the last weekend of...
Read Moreby Chris Lengquist | Feb 23, 2019 | Featured, Grief, Healing Journal | 0
NOTE: This is me processing grief. This is not inspirational. This is the grief I feel. It is...
Read Moreby Chris Lengquist | Dec 23, 2018 | Healing Journal | 3
Merry Christmas, Emma. You are missed. You are loved.Merry Christmas, Emma. You still amaze...
Read Moreby Chris Lengquist | Dec 6, 2018 | Healing Journal | 0
Life is energy. Energy is life. Perhaps this is how our loved ones live on through us. I am a believer in the Holy Trinity. And what about our souls? Are our souls energy? This post isn’t to go deep in to the theology...
Read Moreby Chris Lengquist | Nov 26, 2018 | Borderline Personality Disorder, Healing Journal, Mental Health | 0
Each day I make the choice to be grateful. Easy? No. Necessary? Yes. Our youth pastor of our church gave the message last Sunday. And as this twenty-four year old man stood there and spoke from his life experiences every bone...
Read Moreby Chris Lengquist | Oct 13, 2018 | Faith, Healing Journal, Mental Health | 2
I never fully realized that the Day I Met Emma there would be so many sleepless nights to follow...
Read Moreby Chris Lengquist | Sep 8, 2018 | Healing Journal | 4
Today should be Emma’s twenty-first birthday. Oh boy, did she have plans! She was finally...
Read Moreby Chris Lengquist | Jul 5, 2018 | Healing Journal | 0
Last week I stopped by Sweet Tee’s Coffee shop in Olathe and when I came back out to start the car the song that was on my Sirrius/XM radio was “Teach me how to Dougie.” And that is when I realized that my...
Read Moreby Chris Lengquist | Jun 17, 2018 | Healing Journal | 3
Today is Father’s Day, 2018. Of all the things that raced through my head, and continue to echo, in the days following the death of my daughter, Emma Lengquist, was/is “How do I answer the question of how many kids...
Read Moreby Chris Lengquist | May 22, 2018 | Healing Journal | 2
I lost my mother in February of 2013. I was fortunate enough to be by her side when she drew her last breath. And I like to visit her grave on or about her birthday each year. I don’t really know why I chose that day....
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