{"id":1021,"date":"2022-07-06T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/cedarville-stories\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2022-07-06T10:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T14:49:16","slug":"s7e1-betsy-linnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/cedarville-stories\/2022\/s7e1-betsy-linnell\/","title":{"rendered":"S7:E1 | Betsy Linnell"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you live long enough, you are bound to experience some level of grief. It\u2019s inevitable.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, how can you deal with grief? Betsy Linnell is a clinical counselor who strives each day to come alongside people who are dealing with difficulties. But for Betsy, helping others at a time of immense grief for herself has been difficult.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Betsy\u2019s pain comes from the final month of walking with her mom (Mama Linnell) through hospice care, and, ultimately, her passing in late May. As painful as the situation was for Betsy and her family, she is thankful for the lessons her mom taught her throughout her life and for the opportunity to walk the final steps with her mom.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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One way Betsy chose to deal with her mom\u2019s passing was to record today\u2019s podcast and share the program with her mom, just a week or two before her passing. Betsy wanted her mom to hear the program and benefit from the conversation. At the end of her listening to the program, \u201cMama Linnell\u201d gave two thumbs up in approval.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And, some of these lessons will never leave Betsy \u2014 both figuratively and physically. You see, in the final month of life of \u201cMama Linnell,\u201d Betsy made sure she would never forget her mom\u2019s wisdom to \u201cjust breathe,\u201d a statement taught decades ago.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For it was during some difficult times for young Betsy that her mom encouraged her to keep on moving forward and \u201cjust breathe.\u201d Today, Betsy has the phrase tattooed on her forearm in her mother\u2019s handwriting. So, whenever Betsy finds herself in a difficult situation, or grief, she is reminded by her mom to \u201cjust breathe.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, Betsy is breathing comfortably knowing her mom is with Jesus.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n