Have you wondered if life could be good again after walking through grief? After walking through something really hard like a divorce or the loss of a loved one. After infertility or a miscarriage? There are many losses in life and maybe you have asked yourself that question.

I am so excited to have Lisa Appelo back on the podcast. We are talking about her book, *Life Can Be Good Again: Putting Your World Back Together After It All Falls Apart. Lisa is going to vulnerably share with us about the loss of her husband almost ten years ago. And I love that she shares that God took the broken pieces of her life and as she entrusted them to God, He reshaped what was shattered. There is so much hope and encouragement in this episode from Lisa and I cannot wait for you to learn from her.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Lisa’s book: *Life Can Be Good Again.

All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/d0h9we/life-can-be-good-again-book-giveaway

It is fun to have Lisa back on the Podcast! If you missed my first conversation with Lisa about her book, *Countdown to Christmas, please check out Episode 12 on the Depth podcast.  I love what she shares about this advent book as well as what she shares about grief.

Link to Hope in Grief website: a space for those grieving to find Gospel Hope.

Book Recommendations: Missionary Biographies

• *The Autobiography of Hudson Taylor by J. Hudson Taylor
• *Peace Child by Don Richardson
• *Brunchko by Bruce Olsen
• *Becoming Elisabeth Elliot by Ellen Vaughn
• *The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

Get the Preorder Bonuses and the first chapter free: Link to Book Page

Lisa Appelo is a speaker, writer, and Bible teacher who inspires women to cultivate faith in life’s storms. She’s a Florida girl born and raised and followed her passion for writing into law, where she worked as a litigator for many years. As her family grew to include seven children, Lisa retired from law to raise and home educate her children.

Ten years ago, Lisa went to bed happily married to her high school sweetheart and woke up a widow and single mom. As she navigated grief and shepherded her children through their own grief, God reshaped all that seemed shattered. Lisa is passionate about rich Bible study and has taught a weekly ladies Bible class at her home church for many years. She launched a local ministry for widows in Jacksonville, Florida and serves the Facebook group Widow Mama Collective. Lisa writes at LisaAppelo.com and manages a team of writers of HopeinGrief.com. She’s been published at Proverbs 31 Ministries, (in)courage, Risen Motherhood, Jennifer Rothschild and has been a contributing writer for iMOM.com, The Life of a Single Mom, and the Inspire Journal.

Her days are filled top to bottom with stewarding her precious children, writing, ministry, speaking and running enough to justify lots of dark chocolate. Connect with Lisa at LisaAppelo.com and on Instagram @lisaappelo.

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!