Hi there! This is a podcast that I was recently on and would love for you to listen to. The podcast is called “The way is wild” with Blake and Joy. It was released on September 23, 2025 and is entitled From Tragedy to Triumph with Kristi Kirk. It is episode 78. It is on…
Happy birthday to my son. Oh how I miss you. I have come to enjoy this tradition of writing a letter to you on your birthday. I sit with tears pouring down my face as I write on my laptop and look at pictures on my phone remembering… remembering the joy that you brought to…
Hello dear friends. I have so many thoughts on my mind and so many feelings from this past week on my heart tonight. Prayerfully, I will be able to express them clearly to you. This past week, I have had the honor of sitting with so many who are hurting and grieving. I have watched…
My heart is with all of you who are walking through grief and struggling with pain during this time. Currently for me, it is 3 am Christmas morning. As I reflect on our journey this very early Christmas morning, then my heart and mind wander back to the early days of when I first started…
Dear Kirk, I truly cannot believe that I am two hours away from the 10th anniversary of the day you died. When I look at all that has happened in the last ten years then in some ways it feels like you have been gone for even longer than that. I still remember the events…
8 years later- June 26th … Each year on the anniversary of PK’s death we attempt new adventures and enjoy God’s beautiful creation as we celebrate the very precious time that we had with him. On the first anniversary of PK’s death we were at home, and I wrote pages and pages as I relived…
Happy birthday to my sweet son. PK, words are not capable of describing how much I love and miss you. As I reflect on your birthday this year, my heart is filled with so many things. My heart overflows with gratitude for every moment that I had the joy and privilege of spending with you.…
I love the title of this song by Tauren Wells. Each time since the first time that I heard this song, my heart has just filled with hope as I listened to the beautiful music and to the message of this song. It is full of hope. Hope that is so desperately needed by us…
As we look around our world today, we see many faces of grief and pain. Many families and friends are hurting and are in need of comfort and hope. Steve, a friend of mine and someone who I worked with for many years, died after an intense cancer battle on August 13th. It was just…
It is unreal to me that it has been 7 years since my son PK died. Sometimes it feels like I just lost him, and then sometimes it feels like it has been so very long ago. I love and miss him with my whole heart. For Always. For those of you who have been…
