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313: Rebuilding Your Life After Child Loss
Ever find yourself standing in your kitchen, forgetting how to peel an orange? Or panic in a parking lot because you don’t remember driving to the store, much less remember where you parked? You are not alone. In this powerful and deeply ho
312: Can God Really Heal My Hurting Heart? (with Rachel Wojo)
In this episode of Grieving Parents Sharing Hope: Can God Really Heal My Hurting Heart?, I sit down with Rachel “Wojo” Wojnarowski, who knows the deep pain of child loss firsthand. After miscarriages and saying goodbye to her precious daugh
311: Bringing Our Pain to God After Child Loss
In this episode of Grieving Parents Sharing Hope: Bringing Our Pain to God After Child Loss, I talk with Carol Renfro, a mom just two years into this journey of child loss. Carol’s only child, Jeff-Free (known as Free), died by suicide at t
310: When “Why?” Can Become the Wrong Question After Child Loss
After the death of our child, one of the first—and most desperate—questions we ask God is “Why?” Why my child? Why didn’t You stop it? Why couldn’t it have been different? But what if “why” isn’t the question that will bring us to a place o
308: Our Relationship With God After Child Loss
In this heartfelt episode, we continue the conversation on how the death of our child impacts our relationship with God—specifically shifting from a transactional relationship to an intimate one built on trust, even when we don’t understand
307: I Am So Mad at God for Taking My Child
This is one of the most honest and difficult topics we’ve ever addressed on the podcast—being angry at God after the death of your child. If you’ve felt intense anger toward Him, or even found yourself hating God for “taking” your child, kn
306: When Life Stands Still After the Death of Your Child
In this raw and heartfelt episode, Laura Diehl shares what it’s like when the death of your child causes your life to come to a complete standstill—while the rest of the world just keeps going. She opens up about deeply personal moments fro
305: Waiting for Answers After Child Loss
Have you found yourself stuck in the endless questions of why after your child died? Why did this happen? Why my child? Why didn’t God stop it? In this raw and tender episode, Laura gently explores what it means to live in that painful spac
304: Getting Through the Grief of Child Loss, One Step at a Time (with Lisa Espinoza)
In this powerful and heartfelt episode, Laura welcomes Lisa Espinoza to share the deeply personal story of losing her 25-year-old son, Chandler, after he was struck by a car and spent 18 days in the ICU before passing away on January 1st. L
303: A Different Kind of Freedom for Grieving Parents
As the United States celebrates Independence Day with fireworks and festivities, grieving parents often feel out of place — bound by pain instead of celebrating freedom. In this gentle and honest episode, Laura speaks to the heart of what “
302: Rediscovering Purpose After Child Loss (with Kim Harms)
In today’s episode, Laura talks with Kim Harms, who has lost both a mom and a son to suicide and also found herself widowed. Even with all these losses, Kim has been able to learn how to live a life of meaning and purpose, and loves to enco
301: Is God Punishing Me?
In this compassionate episode of Grieving Parents Sharing Hope, Laura Diehl speaks directly to grieving parents who are silently battling guilt after the loss of their child—especially when they wonder, “Was this my fault?” or even, “Is God
300: Two Dads Talk about Child Loss and Father’s Day (with Matt Poelman)
In today’s episode you will be hearing from Laura’s husband, Dave, along with a long-time friend, Matt Poelman, who lost his son, Eric, while serving in the military in Iraq. Some of the things discussed were: • The emotions Matt felt • How
299: Can I Trust God Leading Me?
Can we still trust God when we feel like He led us into such a dark place, allowing our child to be taken from us? In today’s episode, Laura takes a look at this question through the familiar verse of Psalm 23:2. (Laura shared her thoughts
298: Psalm 23:1 Through the Eyes of Child Loss
Last week Laura started looking at Psalm 23:1-2 through the eyes of child loss. She only got through the first few words, “The Lord is my Shepherd…” In this week’s episode, she finishes out the verse which says, “…I shall not want.” Listen
297: The Lord is My Shepherd
When we make Jesus Lord of our lives, too often we don’t fully understand what that means. We sometimes take it to mean that God will not let anything really bad happen to us. Then when our child dies, it can be hard to trust Him or to see
296: Getting Past the Trauma of Child Loss (with Jacke Rose)
Today’s guest has a very traumatic story. Before ending his own life, Jacke’s son, Randy, attempted to kill his wife, his two young children and his father-in-law. It is a riveting story (within the horrible tragedy) that ends with hope and
295: What is Hope?
Most people think that hope is wishful thinking, as in, “I hope they win this game.” However, that kind of hope is not what will get us out of the suffocating darkness of grief after the death of our child. In today’s episode, Laura revisit
294: Child Loss by Suicide Part 2 (with Greg and Cathy Buffkin)
Today is the continuation of a conversation Laura had with Greg and Cathy Bufkin. In last week’s discussion and this week, the talk goes beyond the topic of suicide, so no matter how your child left this earth, you will be encouraged by wha
293: Child Loss by Suicide (with Greg and Cathy Buffkin)
Today Laura is diving into the topic of suicide with guests Greg and Cathy Buffkin. However, their conversation goes beyond that, giving help and hope to anyone who has lost a child. Greg and Cathy Buffkin lost their son, Ryan, to suicide i
292: Helping You Navigate Through the Darkness of Child Loss
Today’s episode is being sponsored by recent followers of GPS Hope, in honor of Becca’s birthday (Laura and Dave’s daughter who passed). Laura was asked to share some stories about Becca as part of the sponsorship, so she asked Dave to join
291: When We Don’t Think God is There
As parents who have lost a child from this earth, we know what it is like to be in a place that is so dark it does not seem like Jesus is there for us. In today’s episode Laura reminds us that there are several people in the Bible who also
290: The Gift of the Holy Spirit in Our Grief
As believers in Christ, we are familiar with who Jesus is and what He did for us. We hear a lot about who God (our Father) is as well. But how much do we know about the third part of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit? Why do we need the Holy Spi
289: When God Doesn’t Make Sense
There have been plenty of times when God does not make sense, but none as much as when our child dies and leaves this earth ahead of us. Join Laura today, as she talks about this, with some scriptures that might bring some clarity to our th
288: The Difference Between Guilt and Regret (with Nancy Weil)
A few weeks ago, Laura’s friend, Nancy Weil, sent out an email to the presenters on the 2025 Grief Cruise, asking what they thought about the difference between regret and guilt. One of Nancy’s grief support groups were discussing this, so
287: Digging Ourselves Out of the Darkness After Child Loss
When our child dies, we are thrown into a suffocating darkness that we can believe will be with us for the rest of our time here on earth. Join Laura today as she shares how we can rebuild our lives by comparing it to rebuilding a house, ro
286: How Can I Trust God Again?
Many of us thought we were building our lives on the Rock, until our child died, and we found ourselves in the sinking sand. Last week Laura shared from the hymn The Solid Rock as a springboard to talk about that. This week, Laura continues
285: Do You Feel Like You’re on Sinking Sand?
Many of us believed we were building our lives on the solid Rock, but after our child died, we found ourselves floundering on sinking sand. Hear what Laura shares about this topic in today’s episode. You may even hear her break out in song
284: Thinking About Heaven After Child Loss
Heaven. That is often on the mind of those of us who have lost a child. So, let’s talk about it. In today’s episode, you will hear something written by a grieving dad that leads into a discussion about heaven with three points Laura makes.
