Two visitations: a friend's wife dies, leaving three young children
A host recounts coming from two visitations, including a friend's wife who died leaving children ages two, four, and six. The hosts sit with the weight of it and note her husband had good support, connecting the need to the prayer room.
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Dear LFTP: the sister's belongings in the garage
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Dear LFTP: the bedwetting friend and bedwettingstore.com
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Pope style: the miscarriage post and loving people like Jesus
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Boova shares that a Facebook post wrecked him: friends suffering miscarriages after fertility treatments were told by another commenter that their unborn children are in hell.
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Dear LFTP: Riley and the dying rescue animals
- How can a friend tell Riley, who rescues terminal animals and is crushed each time one dies, that she should stop taking them in?
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