Pamela Joy Dlugos shares what it was like to lose her brother, both parents, and her husband of 45 years, and how her faith and her writing carried her through each loss.
Pam was 38 when she spent one afternoon around her pool getting to know her younger brother as an adult for the first time. Less than three weeks later, he was gone. In this conversation we talk about:
• An afternoon by the pool and a brother she barely knew
• Deciding to donate his organs because he always wanted to help others
• Grieving a mother before she was gone, and reconnecting before the end
• Asking the Lord for more time when her husband Jim was on a ventilator
• Why the last chapter does not get to be the whole book
• Stepping outside her comfort zone to start a website and a YouTube channel
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Cold open
01:44 Welcome
03:02 Who Pam is today
05:37 Life before her first life shift
08:38 Meeting Jim on the Fourth of July
09:30 An afternoon by the pool with her brother
11:09 Less than three weeks later
12:41 A gift to carry
14:58 Questioning life and writing Messages from Heaven
15:46 Questions of faith
17:53 Grieving her mother
20:16 Finding each other again
22:35 Depression and a new normal
23:53 Her dad and the years in Florida
28:29 Jim's mystery illness
30:10 Praying for more time
33:05 Losing Jim
33:39 Part of her died with him
34:09 Writing again and ReJOYce Publications
35:43 What writing gave her
37:23 Remembering the good, not only the end
38:31 The conversations they never had
41:42 Who Pam is now
42:40 How friendships change after loss
44:17 What she hopes for next
46:15 The message from a recent widow
48:22 What she would tell her younger self
49:00 Where to find Pam
51:23 Closing
ABOUT PAMELA
Pamela Joy Dlugos is an award-winning author, educator, and spiritual encourager whose writing brings God's Word to life through messages of comfort, hope, and inspiration. A former teacher and founder of ReJOYce Publications, she is the author of four faith-filled books for readers of all ages. Today, Pamela's calling is to help grieving hearts find hope, healing, and joy.
Website: authorpamelajoy.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@authorpamelajoy
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