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I help Christian widows who are ready to move through grief & healing with HOPE, so they can confidently rebuild their life with renewed identity & purpose.
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https://www.hopespeaker.com/coaching

Sometimes the hardest part of the day isn't the busyness... It's when everything gets quiet. 🌙Because when the running s...
06/16/2026

Sometimes the hardest part of the day isn't the busyness... It's when everything gets quiet. 🌙

Because when the running stops, the kids lay down, and the distractions fade, the weight of widowhood can settle in deeper.

If you've ever laid awake at night struggling, or wishing you had the words to pray but couldn't seem to find them, you're not alone, sister.

Some nights grief leaves us exhausted. Other nights it leaves us restless. Sometimes it leaves us sitting in the dark asking God to simply help us make it through the night.

I created Prayers for Widows for my Christian sisters who need a little support during those lonely hours.

This free resource includes both written and audio prayers. You can play them over yourself as many times as you need to. 💙

As Psalm 34:4 reminds us:
"I sought the LORD, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears."

Sometimes a place to begin is having someone pray over you and for you. I'm happy to do so.

Find hope here:

www.PrayersForWidows.com

With you, sister.
Rachel

06/15/2026

You know what's incredibly tempting but dangerous?

When we don't want help, but instead we just want it to end. 💔

I know there is pain that feels unbearable and darkness that feels like it will swallow us forever.

But it's not true, sister.

The only way out is THROUGH - with HELP. ❤️‍🩹❤️

The good news? There IS help and support, a hope and a future for you!

And, there is a space for Christian widows to do this intentionally together. 👭

Come and join us in The Hope Stronghold if you want to feel less alone. It is a guided and supported place for you to find HOPE.

www.HopeStronghold.com

With you,
Rachel

One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen and experienced:Worshipping Jesus alongside hundreds of other widows, ch...
06/14/2026

One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen and experienced:

Worshipping Jesus alongside hundreds of other widows, choosing faith in the midst of the pain.

Because the darkness is where our light shines brightest. 🔥

You don't have to sing or lift your hands to give Him praise in suffering, sister.

Just choosing to take another breath, to live, to not give up- gives God glory.

I know we want a life free of tragedy and struggle... But our journey here on earth is a display of Him in the midst of the brokenness.

Keep going, beloved. This is not the end for you.

With you,
❤️‍🔥 Rachel

Moments of beauty and joy help us survive deep, big grief.Capturing photos was part of that for me when life was dark an...
06/12/2026

Moments of beauty and joy help us survive deep, big grief.

Capturing photos was part of that for me when life was dark and heavy after losing my husband.

Now, I wasn't often in my favorite place- tropical paradise with a reef. 🌊🐚🪸

Sometimes it was the intricacy of ice covered barbed wire... which reflected the cold and sharp parts of my loss a bit more accurately.

Friend, keep your eyes and your heart open for the bits of beauty and the little joys as you navigate life's grief.

And share a photo of what you have encountered of it (recent or past) below! 📸👇

With you,
Rachel

Here's the good news & the better news: You aren't alone at rock bottom, and you won't be alone in the redemption, eithe...
06/11/2026

Here's the good news & the better news:

You aren't alone at rock bottom, and you won't be alone in the redemption, either. ❤️‍🔥

Christ is the Shepherd walking us THROUGH the valley of the shadow of death, together.

You're in good company- and we keep going!

Christian widow sister, I've been at the gates of hell, and I've seen the resurrection power of the God who is making all things new in my life.

I'd love to guide you on this widowhood path in HOPE. And I have a beautiful community of other sisters doing it together, too. 👭✝️

Here's your invitation.💕

➡️The HOPE Stronghold Christian widow community membership:

www.HopeStronghold.com

➡️ Personalized one-to-one coaching support (plus FREE access to our community):

www.HopeSpeaker.com/Coaching

You don't need to do this lost and alone. I can't wait to meet you.

Rachel

How does a widow know when she's ready to date?I mean, this time around is definitely different from before, and it can ...
06/10/2026

How does a widow know when she's ready to date?

I mean, this time around is definitely different from before, and it can feel like there is a lot on the line...

You're older. There may be kids in the picture (grieving ones). The dating scene sure has changed. Everyone watching has different opinions.

More important than all the outward factors are the inner ones.

When I was widowed and considering another relationship, I wanted certainty.
I wanted to know when I would be "healed enough."
When it would be okay.
When I would stop feeling conflicted, or scared, or confused.
When I would know I was ready.

Although we think we want timelines and guidelines, what we actually need is Holy Spirit discernment.

And readiness in dating as a widow is less about finding someone and more about following Someone—Jesus. ❤️

If you've ever wrestled with whether you're ready for dating, remarriage, or even the possibility of another chapter, I wrote this week's blog for you. Let's seek after the Lord together.

https://www.hopespeaker.com/post/dating-advice-for-widows-am-i-ready-hope-speaker

With you,
Rachel

It is so hard, not just because it's quiet… but because it feels emptier, and definitely lonelier.And if you’ve ever lai...
06/08/2026

It is so hard, not just because it's quiet… but because it feels emptier, and definitely lonelier.

And if you’ve ever laid there wondering how you’re supposed to keep doing this new life— You’re not alone.

As a su***de widow, I know what it feels like when your mind won’t slow down and your heart feels like it’s carrying more than it can hold. 💔

To desperately need the nearness of the Lord. That’s why I created something I wish I had back then.

Powerful prayers for the nights when:
You’re overwhelmed
You can’t sleep
You don’t have the words

If you need that kind of prayer support for comfort, sleep and HOPE, I've got you, sister.

You can get them free here:

There are audio versions to play over yourself, or written prayers to engage with. May they bless you, over and over. 💙🌙

With you,
Rachel

7 years ago, I lost my husband here- when, in his pain, anger and suffering, he went to heaven ahead of us. I spent so m...
06/05/2026

7 years ago, I lost my husband here- when, in his pain, anger and suffering, he went to heaven ahead of us.

I spent so many hours at this place... At all hours of the day and night.

At first, it was an important place of mourning. Then, the pull to be here became dangerous. It was the same location as my first su***de attempt within a year of his death.

Then for several years, I didn't come here at all.
Today, I am leaving flowers again.

Grief isn't linear. But it can change, as we grow.

I don't feel unexpectedly crushed by it, or drown in it anymore. It doesn't control me. But I can honor the grief that will always be, because Andre is still missing from my life.

I accept the ache when it comes. I allow God to tenderly hold my heart. I let tears, laughter, or silence just be.
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When Andre died, I was so angry at God. I had prayed and fought for help and healing, yet things had turned out this horrific way.

In my own su***de note, I wrote, “If you [God] expect me to ‘get over’ his death and just move on with my life, then others can do the same for mine.”

It was my way of telling God I clearly loved Andre more than He did, that continuing to carry on minimized his death (and life, I felt) and... it was my way of trying to rub it in the Almighty's face, I suppose.

But I want to share with you two things that came at such a high cost for me to learn:

1) The cost of love is grief: because who you love on this early plane, you will eventually lose. And when you love them, you grieve:

"Jesus WEPT [over Lazarus' death].
Then the Jews said, 'SEE HOW HE LOVED HIM!'"
-John 11:35-36

2) And simultaneously, I tell you: whether you grieve with HOPE or without it changes everything.

Grieving without hope meant I gave up on everything, including myself, to follow him and go to heaven early. You lose sight of goodness, purpose, and acting from love in the deepest sense.

Grieving with hope is digging into that deepest love that will fight, that will be patient, and that will stay.

Dear friends, love deeply. Grieve your losses. Do it with HOPE by digging even deeper into love.

This is not the end. There is more ahead.

With you,
Rachel

06/05/2026

You get to choose your "hard."

I promise you, it's worth the struggle to grow, to heal, and to transform.

You will never regret it. ❤️‍🔥

With you,
Rachel

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