I mean, this has been a journey for sure of letting go and realizing.

I mean, you know, I think a lot of things in our lives break and there's kind of this idea

that you can sort of glue things back together.

And in some cases, God does help you glue some things back together.

But when someone dies, like the life I had really shattered. I mean, there weren't pieces I could

glue together. I can't glue back some pieces and hand my kids, you know, a father offering

anymore. I can't. That's gone. And I've had to really let go of that control of feeling like that's my

thing to fix or heal and god really has shown up for my kids in ways that i i really it's hard

to put words to it frankly You're listening to God Hears Her, a podcast for women, where we explore the stunning truth that God hears you, he sees you, and he loves you because you are his.

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Hears Her. Welcome to God Hears Her. I'm Aaron Eddy. And I'm Elisa Morgan. Have you ever lost someone

close to you? Maybe a friendship suddenly ended, or you've grown distant with someone that you shared a

great connection with, or maybe someone you deeply loved has passed away and you've been living

without them. Today we are talking with a woman who knows about loss and grieving all too well.

Karen Booker Skelhaus lives in Colorado and is a full-time mother to five children,

including two who were adopted from Ethiopia.

In 2019, she was widowed and lost the love of her life.

But instead of that being an end for her, her faith kept going and grew in her a passion to serve the grieving at her church and in her community.

Karen is a dear friend of mine, and I am really excited to have this conversation with her on God hears her.

Erin, do you have somebody in your life that you like text almost every day?

Oh, yes.

Yes.

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