Swimming

JillCancer, friendship, Grief, Just Show Up, Kara Tippetts 5 Comments

I just finished a magazine interview about Just Show Up. It’s been a while since I’ve done one. Since I’ve talked about all of it. And her. And now my stomach aches. I think the pain gets swirled around. Comes to the surface once again. It hurts to remember. So what do I do with that? Do I stop remembering? …

The Anniversary

JillBlog, Book release, Cancer, community, friendship, Grief, Kara Tippetts 2 Comments

Today is the one year anniversary of Kara’s passing. I’ve been avoiding this day—or at least thoughts of it. I didn’t even realize what I was doing until the first Mundane Faithfulness blog came out last week. Blythe is doing a series from many friends about this year, and I did not write anything. It wasn’t on purpose. I just …