Widowed with Seven Children: Grief, Faith, and the God Who Stays Carissa Yoder

<p>What happens when the love of your life dies — and you have seven children?</p><p>In this episode of <em>Grieving with God</em>, I sit down with Carrissa Yoder to talk about widowhood, parenting through loss, and what faith looks like when your world has been torn apart.</p><p>Carrissa shares about losing her husband — the man she deeply loved — as well as the grief of losing her sister. She speaks honestly about how each of her children has processed loss differently, and how surprising and humbling that has been as a mother.</p><p>We talk about:</p><ul><li><p>The reality of the second year of grief — and how it can feel harder in new ways</p></li><li><p>What it’s like to want to do nothing but grieve</p></li><li><p>How community showed up in ways she didn’t expect</p></li><li><p>The tension of trusting God while living with deep pain</p></li><li><p>Parenting children who are grieving in their own unique ways</p></li><li><p>The role of therapy in walking through loss as a family</p></li><li><p>How grief evolves over time instead of simply “getting better”</p></li></ul><p> She reminds us that acknowledging pain does not mean we doubt God’s goodness.</p><p><br></p><p>Carissa&#39;s Instagram - @carissayoder</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/carissayoder/?hl=en </p><p><br></p><p>Chapters</p><p>00:00 — Carrissa’s Story: Love, Loss, and Widowhood<br>03:55 — How Grief Changed Their Family<br>07:48 — Children, Therapy, and Individual Grieving Styles<br>11:41 — When Community Shows Up<br>15:32 — Losing More Than One Person<br>19:32 — The Second Year of Grief<br>25:26 — Moving Forward and Relocating<br>28:41 — Parenting Through Uncertainty<br>33:37 — Trusting God With the Future</p>