by Janet Miller | Oct 12, 2026 | Daily Strength, Faith Struggles, God’s Comfort, Honest Emotions, Podcast Episode, Scripture Promises
Nobody chooses this. If you’d been handed a menu of lives, “lose my child to suicide” would never have been on it. And yet here we are — living a life we didn’t choose, serving a God we still believe is good. Trusting God after loss isn’t...
by Janet Miller | Oct 12, 2026 | Faith Struggles, Honest Emotions, Podcast Episode, Prayer & Lament
Have you ever prayed and heard… nothing? Not a whisper, not a nudge, just silence so loud it hurts your ears? After loss, a lot of moms tell me they feel like God went quiet. The prayers that used to feel like conversation now feel like talking to an empty room....
by Janet Miller | Oct 12, 2026 | Faith Struggles, Honest Emotions, Podcast Episode
This is where it all started — the very first episode of Testimony Through Tears. When you lose a child to suicide, the first days and weeks are a blur of shock. People are around, meals show up, and your heart is just trying to survive the next hour. But then the...
by Janet Miller | Oct 12, 2026 | Grief Testimony, Podcast Episode, Remembering Them
This one is personal. It’s my story — all of it. If you’re new here, my name is Janet, and in January of 2025, I lost my youngest daughter Samantha to suicide. She was 26. We were extremely close, and losing her shattered my world in ways I’m still...
by Janet Miller | Oct 12, 2026 | Daily Strength, Faith Struggles, Honest Emotions, Podcast Episode, Prayer & Lament
Can I tell you something nobody says out loud in church? You can be faithful… and still be wounded. Somewhere along the way, a lot of us picked up the idea that strong faith means you’re fine. That if you really trusted God, the grief wouldn’t still...
by Janet Miller | Oct 12, 2026 | Grief Testimony, Living Forward, Podcast Episode, Serving Others
“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” (Romans 10:15, ESV) Now, I know what you’re thinking — pretty feet? In the middle of grief? Just stay with me for a minute. When I lost Samantha, my feet could barely carry me from the...
by Janet Miller | Oct 12, 2026 | Community Support, God’s Comfort, Honest Emotions, Living Forward, Podcast Episode
Three little words. And yet when you’re a mom grieving a child lost to suicide, they can feel like the biggest lie in the world. Because grief is lonely. Even in a crowded room, even at church, even surrounded by people who love you — there’s a particular aloneness...
by Janet Miller | Oct 6, 2026 | Grief Testimony, Living Forward, Podcast Episode, Serving Others
Here’s something I never expected: the worst thing that ever happened to me became the very thing God uses most. When Samantha died, I couldn’t see past the next breath. The idea that this loss could ever become a testimony — that God could actually use it...
by Janet Miller | Oct 6, 2026 | Faith Struggles, Honest Emotions, Podcast Episode, Prayer & Lament, Raw Grief, Scripture Promises
Let’s bust a myth that’s hurt more grieving moms than I can count: the idea that if your faith were stronger, your grief would be smaller. Somebody, somewhere, decided that tears mean doubt and sorrow means spiritual weakness. So moms sit in church feeling like...
by Janet Miller | Oct 6, 2026 | Community Support, Faith Struggles, Podcast Episode, Serving Others
This one’s for the church folks — pastors, women’s ministry leaders, Sunday school teachers, and every well-meaning believer who’s ever thought, “I want to help, but I have no idea what to do.” Here’s what grieving moms wish you knew: we don’t need you to have...
