Re-

collecting

My Shattered

Heart

Join me in my life-long journey as a mother carrying grief with hope

re-collecting my shattered Heart through music

Music is one of the best gifts I have discovered to comfort, sooth and experience healing in the midst of the deepest suffering.

Below is a link to a playlist with some of the music that was a life- line to my own heart in the early raw days of my grief journey and which I continue to be comforted and encouraged by today.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me.

—Psalm 23:4 ESV

THE ROAD*

One day without warning death came my way

Whether I wanted it or not I had no say

I was put on a road I never wanted to take

There’s no clear sense of it that I can make

Now it’s my turn to walk down this difficult road

Now it’s my turn to carry this heavy, painful load

I know others before me have had to walk this road too

I never knew how very hard of a thing it was to do

There are no exits on this road fellow travelers say

There’s no turning back as the road is only one way

The road is so dark, so hard, so full of pain

I feel my way along, hoping I’m making some gain

I must think true thoughts to make it I know

God loves me, He’s with me, He promises so

So I trust someday this road will bring me back to the light

I trust someday this road will bring beauty back to my sight

Until then I take the next step with my Good Shepherd by my side

And look to Him to lead me and be my faithful forever guide

*Original Poem By Char From “Re-Collecting My Shattered Heart”

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He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge, His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. —Psalm 91:4 NIV

About the author

Char Brademeyer is a wife of thirty-nine years to her husband Jeff, mom to three, and Gigi to seven. Char has a degree in business with a minor in written communications, and her writings have been mostly her private journals until this book. Char has worked in the travel industry for fifteen years and has traveled to many places, but there is no place like home in Arizona. She never imagined she would travel the road of grief when she lost her youngest son. She has a heart to encourage women and hopes by sharing her story, she can help another to keep faith and hope in the One who loves us most, Jesus, and see how His deep, rescuing love gives us strength to live on and love on, and have joy even in the sorrow. Char loves spending time with her family, and her heart is always filled up to the full being with her grand-babies, and hunting to find gifts of God's love each day.

So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again; then you will rejoice, and no one can rob you of that joy.

— John 16:22 NLT