Blog - Refocusing Widows

What Happened to my Safety Net?

What Happened to My Safety Net? Something rather mysterious happened to me when my spouse died! For years I had been fairly independent- parenting,

Sheryl Gehrls August 4, 2025

Stay in Your Lane!

Stay in Your Lane! One evening in March of 1995, Dave and I arrived in Medellin Colombia as part of a ministry trip with

Sheryl Gehrls July 28, 2025

Why Ask God “Why”?

Why Bother Asking God “Why”? Shortly after my husband passed away, I was reading one of many books on grief, widows, and how to

Sheryl Gehrls July 21, 2025

Overcoming Anxiety

Overcoming Anxiety My husband had a whole “library” of one-liners at his disposal that he frequently used on his family. I wonder if it was

Sheryl Gehrls June 16, 2025

Valleys

VALLEYS What comes to your mind when I say “valley”? It’s always amazing to me how a word can have so many different meanings depending

Sheryl Gehrls June 9, 2025

Toxic Relationships

Toxic Relationships The subject of today’s post might surprise you a bit, but as I talk to women all over the country, this question keeps

Sheryl Gehrls June 2, 2025

Tossing the To-Do List

TOSSING THE TO-DO LIST Has it already been five years since we launched this decade? Examining the calendar, we find it’s definitely true! Here we

Sheryl Gehrls January 21, 2025

Have a Resilient Thanksgiving!

Have a Resilient Thanksgiving! Wait! Shouldn’t that say, “Happy Thanksgiving!”? That would be the usual holiday greeting, but today we’re going to look at how

Sheryl Gehrls November 25, 2024

Thinking About the Rain….

Thinking About the Rain…. It’s that time of year when the Fall rains arrive again. The leaves are falling from the trees, and the

Sheryl Gehrls November 18, 2024

‘Tis the Season….

‘Tis the Season…. It’s that time of year again! Here come the holidays, ready or not! November seems to have arrived while it was still

Sheryl Gehrls November 11, 2024

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