I don’t understand people who tell me they don’t like change. Change has been constant in my life. How about you? Anything change lately?

I realized that change was going to be one of the few constant things in life pretty early on in this journey so I decided I was going to learn to like it. I adopted a perspective that change is good. Maybe not all good, but there would be parts of it that I was going to like.

When things changed, I also realized that I usually got rid of some of my least favorite things in my past situation. Nice!

I remember God stopping me as I was reading Isaiah 42:10 about 14 years ago when I was facing a big change. “Sing to the LORD a new song.” God spoke to me, telling me he was giving me a new song to sing through this upcoming transition. My daughter had just announced her engagement so my family was changing – again. After their wedding, she and her new husband were moving to Sydney, Australia for a job opportunity.

So my new song was filled with gratefulness to God for her happiness, asking for blessings on their marriage and requesting help in growing my trust in his care for her as she moved so far way.

Then, before the wedding, my daughter was diagnosed with cancer and my new song to God was full of concern along with words of confidence that he is always in control and nothing is impossible for God.

Since then, God has given me many ‘new songs’ as the seasons of my life have changed.

Eight years ago my son, David Glasser, who was a Phoenix police officer was killed in the line of duty. It is the worst thing that can possibly happen to a parent. God was my Rock in this storm and he gradually wrote a new song in my life of deeper trust in him and empathy for other people whose lives have blown up.

Four years ago, my husband and I moved to Denver after living in Phoenix for over 40 years. Once again, God gave me a new song filled with gratitude for being able to live close to my daughter and her family, praises to God for the beauty of the mountains and dependence on him for guidance with all the new beginnings.

Last year I published a book on Amazon, “Then I Looked Up: Losing a Child, Finding His Legacy of Love.” Ever since that time, God has given me a new song of great conversations with other people who have experienced tragedy, encouragement from people telling me that reading my story helped them in their journey of grief and a better understanding of the purpose of my pain.

As my life continues to change, I am grateful to my Father God for the new songs he gives me.