🌿 BRUISED BUT NOT BROKEN
January 19, 2026
📖 ScripturePsalm 34:18 (NLT)
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; He rescues those whose spirits are crushed.”
💭 ReflectionHey sis…Some losses don’t get lighter with time.They just become something you learn to carry.
If you’re grieving a child while still raising other children, your heart is doing two things at once—mourning deeply and loving fiercely.
That’s not confusion.That’s love.
You may feel fear, anxiety, and the constant ache of “what if.”You may feel guilt for laughing, resting, or enjoying moments with the children who are still here.
None of that makes you a bad parent.It makes you a grieving one. You are allowed to grieve without explanation.You are allowed to parent imperfectly.And you are allowed to take this one moment at a time. ✍🏽 Reflection ExerciseIf you can, write this sentence and sit with it gently:
👉 “I am doing the best I can while carrying something unimaginably heavy.”
There is no need to fix it.Just breathe with it.
🙏🏽 Optional PrayerGod, be close to my broken heart today.Hold me when the grief feels overwhelming.Give me strength to show up, and grace when I can’t.Amen.
💜 AffirmationI am allowed to grieve and still love deeply.I am allowed to feel fear and still move forward.I may be bruised—but I am not broken.
Bruised but Not BrokenHealing daily. Rising always. 💜