“The tears … streamed down, and I let them flow as freely as they would, making of them a pillow for my heart. On them it rested.”
-AUGUSTINE,
Confessions IX, i z

La·ment: a passionate expression of grief or sorrow

Most likely, you are here because you yourself or someone you love knows the agony of loss. If that is true for you, your tearful songs of love are welcome here.

LATEST LAMENTS

  • Whose Hands Are We In?

    Written: October 2, 2025 I visited a friend today. She answered the door with a mostly naked, almost 1-year old baby on her hip. I cheered him on as he pushed his red wagon across the floor, nearly walking. I watched him crawl into the kitchen and babble “mama”. I got to rub his back…

  • It’s Still the Beginning

    Written: August 11, 2025 In the beginning, I remember hearing, “Early grief is the first two years.” In the beginning, I remember wondering, “How could anyone bear this pain for years?” We are no longer at that beginning, but still, it is the beginning. And I continue to wonder, “How did we bear this pain for a…

  • It’s Taking a Long Time

    Written: December 19, 2024 & July 3 2024 As we pull out of the cemetery, I look in the rearview mirror at my almost three-year-old talking to me. “I don’t want Gemma to be in the hole in the ground.” Tears fall from my eyes and my knuckles turn white as I grip the steering…

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