Without a Mom

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Aug 11, 2025 · 4m

READ: JOHN 16:22; 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-14; REVELATION 21:1-5 "I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.” Through my father’s sobbing and his slurred speech, I could piece together the message: Mom had died. It didn’t really register for me then, but now, a year and a half later, it has. In the moment, accepting what I’d just heard was impossible enough, but to even consider that a future existed seemed as likely as Star Wars becoming reality. Whether I knew it or not, life, in its entirety, had changed. As the months passed, more and more realizations set in every day. She would never see me graduate, never…