Treva Kuyper's guest appearances

Treva Kuyper

Happiness in Progress

Grace Enough Podcast

Sam Jones

Giovanni Dienstmann

Ashley Lemieux

Elyse Fitzpatrick

Shannan Martin

Sarah Harmeyer

Lisa Whittle

Damona Hoffman

Rebecca Bender

Mo Isom

Costi Hinn

Max Lucado

Tricia Goyer

Beth McCord

Michael Breus

OwlTail

Kuyper Runyan

"Grief is hard, but it's not bad. It's part of our process. We have to have it in order to get through that sorrow. It's just something that has to be faced. Otherwise, if we push it away - it's just going to eat us up. It's not going to yield anything good for us if we don't face it." - Treva Kuyper Runyan Today's guest is Treva Kuyper Runyan. She is the founder of Not Just a Widow, where she works to gather widows together online and in person to find friendship and comradery. She was the director of the The Loft for teen girls for 8 years. She's also a children's muralist. In this conversation, we talked about Treva's late husband - what it was like losing him and continuing to be a mom in grief. She had a lot of ideas about how you can stand with your friends who are dealing with intense grief. She talks about how to find hope and joy again and how she's had two loves in her life. CONNECT WITH TREVA:  Facebook Instagram Website CONNECT WITH DANIELLE: Facebook Instagram Twitter Website This podcast is brought to you by the Mail Tribune. Check out more Mail Tribune podcasts here.  Subscribe to Happiness in Progress on Youtube

"Grief is hard, but it's not bad. It's part of our process. We have to have it in order to get through that sorrow. It's just something that has to be faced. Otherwise, if we push it away - it's just going to eat us up. It's not going to yield anything good for us if we don't face it." - Treva Kuyper Runyan Today's guest is Treva Kuyper Runyan. She is the founder of Not Just a Widow, where she works to gather widows together online and in person to find friendship and comradery. She was the director of the The Loft for teen girls for 8 years. She's also a children's muralist. In this conversation, we talked about Treva's late husband - what it was like losing him and continuing to be a mom in grief. She had a lot of ideas about how you can stand with your friends who are dealing with intense grief. She talks about how to find hope and joy again and how she's had two loves in her life. CONNECT WITH TREVA: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Personal-Blog/Not-Just-A-Widow-451030045683415/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/notjustawidow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="http://trevakuyper.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> CONNECT WITH DANIELLE: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MrsDanielleCraig/?ref=bookmarks" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrsdaniellecraig/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Mrs_DCraig" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="http://daniellecraig.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> This podcast is brought to you by the Mail Tribune. Check out more Mail Tribune podcasts <a href="http://mailtribune.com/podcasts" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRU3h3P1e3sfWedudurJrLQ?view_as=subscriber" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Subscribe to Happiness in Progress on Youtube</a>

#114 A Place for Grief & Joy feat. Treva Kuyper Runyan

Treva shares with me her story of losing her husband, Jeff, in a tragic car accident. She walks through her grief during the first few months following his death and how God has walked with her and her children every step of the way. She encourages widows and shares of Christ's redemptive work through her suffering. Raleigh Muralist: Lisa Gaither 4:58 Treva begins sharing her faith story with us and what life has looked like for her the last 5-10 years She and her husband, Jeff, were married for 22 years.  8:16-17:04 Faith and grief collide in Treva's story.  She takes us back to 2017 and walks us through the tragic car accident where her husband lost his life. "That was something I feared, losing my husband. He was such a good dad, such a great husband, a godly man, very strong in his faith. I used to call him, my Boaz. I didn't think from the abandonment I had already suffered as a daughter that the Lord would ever allow me to be a widow (before 80)." Treva and her husband, Jeff, did ministry to teens together for 17 years. "Your dad makes sure you have fun and I make sure you're alive." 17:06 Treva shares about what the months were like following the loss of her husband, Jeff. "It was the most beautiful act of love that the Lord had for us every day that week. It is where joy and sorrow collide. Where we saw the hand of God so mightily, but in the worst circumstance.  I used to always says, 'We have the best scenario in the worst circumstance,' just how God carried us.  If I had ever doubted God's love for me or for my kids, it was in those first few months afterwards that God solidified for me who He is and how He loves our children....He doesn't have to have all the pieces that we think He has to have to finish the good work that He started in them." 18:53 Treva shares how her relationship with God changed as a result of losing her spouse, her best friend. SHOW NOTES continued ------------------------------------------------------ Follow Grace Enough Podcast on IG and FB -------------------------------------------------------- Follow Treva at Not Just A Widow

<a href="http://trevakuyper.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Treva</a> shares with me her story of losing her husband, Jeff, in a tragic car accident. She walks through her grief during the first few months following his death and how God has walked with her and her children every step of the way. She encourages <a href="https://www.instagram.com/notjustawidow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">widows </a>and shares of Christ's redemptive work through her suffering. Raleigh Muralist: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lisagaitherart/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lisa Gaither</a> 4:58 Treva begins sharing her faith story with us and what life has looked like for her the last 5-10 years She and her husband, Jeff, were married for 22 years.  8:16-17:04 Faith and grief collide in Treva's story.  She takes us back to 2017 and walks us through the tragic car accident where her husband lost his life. "That was something I feared, losing my husband. He was such a good dad, such a great husband, a godly man, very strong in his faith. I used to call him, my Boaz. I didn't think from the abandonment I had already suffered as a daughter that the Lord would ever allow me to be a widow (before 80)." Treva and her husband, Jeff, did ministry to teens together for 17 years. "Your dad makes sure you have fun and I make sure you're alive." 17:06 Treva shares about what the months were like following the loss of her husband, Jeff. "It was the most beautiful act of love that the Lord had for us every day that week. It is where joy and sorrow collide. Where we saw the hand of God so mightily, but in the worst circumstance.  I used to always says, 'We have the best scenario in the worst circumstance,' just how God carried us.  If I had ever doubted God's love for me or for my kids, it was in those first few months afterwards that God solidified for me who He is and how He loves our children....He doesn't have to have all the pieces that we think He has to have to finish the good work that He started in them." 18:53 Treva shares how her relationship with God changed as a result of losing her spouse, her best friend. <a href="http://graceenoughpodcast.com/36-treva-kuyper-hope-and-healing-after-unexpected-loss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHOW NOTES</a> continued ------------------------------------------------------ Follow Grace Enough Podcast on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/graceenoughpodcast_amber/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> IG</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/graceenoughpodcast/?modal=admin_todo_tour" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FB</a> -------------------------------------------------------- Follow Treva at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/notjustawidow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Not Just A Widow</a>

36: Treva Kuyper | Hope and Healing After Unexpected Loss