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July 29, 2025 84 mins

This is the epic conclusion to our 3 part series with Curtis and Crystal, walking through the absolute "shipwreck" of their lives right now.

They're grieving their spouses deaths...

Curtis' step-children's dad passes away...

Their wedding was canceled...

Old grief is being brought to the surface as they navigate death, grief, the legal system...

Their ways of managing the overwhelm have them feeling disconnected...

There's no way you could make up something like this. It's just too much.

And yet...

By God's grace, they are here and they keep going.

Join me in this final instalment, and please...pray for them.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

1:40 New grandbaby!

5:51 A whole new level of grief

16:18 Grieving your husband when your fiancé is weighed down by grief

28:58 Temptations while navigating such immense grief and intensity

37:50 Everything burns down

43:14 Doing vs resting in the waiting

48:37 The children are our joy

52:15 Where is the rest and recovery?

1:00:50 How to make sure rest doesn't become destructive

1:02:38 What grieving kids need

1:12:58 The future vision

1:16:07 Crystal's vision

MENTIONED

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpWP4QmfDDE

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYxLFaLySjs

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