<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Standing On Holy Ground]]></title><description><![CDATA[Standing On Holy Ground]]></description><link>https://www.behindyoualltheway.net/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:12:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.wendycnorris.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Embracing Daily Gratitude: Honoring John This Thanksgiving Season, Day 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[John made the transition into the chief's role at FBFD amid significant difficulties, tension, and personnel issues. To say that it was a rough season within the department was an understatement. There was quite a mess to clean up, and once some of those issues were sorted out, his mission became figuring out how to start from a clean slate]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/embracing-daily-gratitude-honoring-john-this-thanksgiving-season-day-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6925ed259d4a2f7c5b297152</guid><category><![CDATA[Fire Department]]></category><category><![CDATA[First Responder Life]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grief & Loss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><category><![CDATA[2025]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:57:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_bff8eb56ded14a86bec49499ece7624e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_853,h_640,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embracing Daily Gratitude: Honoring John This Thanksgiving Season, Day 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[The second anniversary of John's death falls on Thanksgiving this year. It feels unreal that another year has already passed and that 730 days have gone by since I heard his voice or saw his face. The last time I heard his voice was over the radio as he cleared the scene of the fire. How can that be possible?]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/embracing-daily-gratitude-honoring-john-this-thanksgiving-season-day-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692484fd8c513b4f517d6321</guid><category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grief & Loss]]></category><category><![CDATA[2025]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stories]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:26:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_942c6af12c7a47e0a06c2e6a62fd6ab4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Navigating Loss Using Spiritual Direction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Loss lands in our lives like an uninvited guest, unexpected and unsettling. When we lose someone we love, when the world we know shifts under our feet, when jobs change, or retirement lingers it’s easy to feel adrift. Experiencing loss and navigating the grief that comes from that loss can be disconcerting. That was how I felt in the weeks and months following my husband’s death.  The familiarity of my life now seemed like a terrible dream that I only read about in a novel. ]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/navigating-loss-using-spiritual-direction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69220f2e0acaec313279b61e</guid><category><![CDATA[2025]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spiritual Formation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spiritual Direction]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grief & Loss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:32:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_e2966cd614b546d1a60830e3a90f157c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Then He Was Gone]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the time I first launched this website, I never could have imagined that in a few short years, I would be navigating the devastating loss of my husband, John.  I had started this website with the intention of offering support services, resources, and information that would help to first responders that were navigating through the dark shadows of loss and trauma.  ]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/and-then-he-was-gone</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691d2af29ea679da4395fdb1</guid><category><![CDATA[2025]]></category><category><![CDATA[First Responder Life]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grief & Loss]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 02:37:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_d450f47040004697a502be28f81ff361~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[2022 Reflections]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grateful, Thankful, Appreciative. I am not sure that there are any other words that I could use that would describe this past year in a...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/2022-reflections</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63b3938b4750c06d98b065eb</guid><category><![CDATA[Chaplaincy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fire Department]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category><category><![CDATA[First Responder Life]]></category><category><![CDATA[2022]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2023 02:42:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_3dfe202413b64967a221d607a3e51f1e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy Defined- A Simple Advent Reflection]]></title><description><![CDATA[The third week of Advent focuses on joy.  Many people equate joy with happiness and that these two words are interchangeable. But, joy is...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/joy-defined-a-simple-advent-reflection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63938e127e7a7bbd355d5d37</guid><category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category><category><![CDATA[First Responder Life]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2022 19:38:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/21593d6909a64def8001202540902848.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monday Meditation- The Micah Virtues]]></title><description><![CDATA[Justice…Mercy…Humility Over the last few weeks, I have been pondering the Bible verse, “The Lord has told you what is good, and this is...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/monday-meditation-the-micah-virtues</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1bc55b88a100156413e6</guid><category><![CDATA[2021]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Monday Meditations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2021 04:04:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_be6edc1f902c4009b5a957b0a07d59a7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invisible]]></title><description><![CDATA[Invisible Those are the scars that I carry on the inside of my body…literally. They are invisible. Today we hiked 1 1/2 miles down into...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/invisible</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1bc51ac3f50015b68950</guid><category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><category><![CDATA[2021]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grief & Loss]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2021 15:41:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_4caca6c2ac26409c96c1c7470b721d16~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_768,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Birthday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today is my daughter’s 14th birthday.  She is speeding quickly into the teen years and I know that the next time I blink, she will be an...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/the-birthday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1bc6d81bc60015021898</guid><category><![CDATA[2021]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adoption]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grief & Loss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stories]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2021 02:51:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_722c820a52e34a7fa76e3358ec07cc70~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Untitled]]></title><description><![CDATA[5 Ways to Help Those Who Are Grieving Grief is something that we all have to deal with at some point in our lives. It can be devastating...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/untitled</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1bc7998d7a00150bb15e</guid><category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grief & Loss]]></category><category><![CDATA[How to Help]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2021 15:43:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/https://behindyoualltheway.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/chi-fire03familymembers-20121103.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation Monday- Do It Anyway (Part 4)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow, …do good anyway. Choosing to do good, to give sacrificially, to be kind to those who are...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/meditation-monday-do-it-anyway-part-4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1bc8e01b5e0015f3dbb4</guid><category><![CDATA[2021]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Monday Meditations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 01:17:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/https://behindyoualltheway.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/two-cups-coffee-go-stand-wooden-bench-1-1024x683.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation Mondays- Do It Anyway, (Part 3)]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies, SUCCEED ANYWAY Have you ever been successful in something that earned you...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/meditation-mondays-do-it-anyway-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1bc9dcc5a20016de85da</guid><category><![CDATA[2021]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Monday Meditations]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 02:09:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_dcbd4b20592743cf84fdbfba6f2d225c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_576,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[And This Too Shall Pass…]]></title><description><![CDATA[And this too shall pass… the infamous phrase that is hastily uttered to an individual experiencing a trial or tribulation of some sort. ...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/and-this-too-shall-pass</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1bc9cf0db80015354059</guid><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finding God]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spiritual Formation]]></category><category><![CDATA[2021]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grief & Loss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spiritual Direction]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 02:42:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_a40d7ee01d314aafa238401098de21e4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_683,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation Monday- Do It Anway (Part 2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”  Ephesians 4:32 ESV Karma, it’s a word that...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/meditation-monday-do-it-anway-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1bcd5cc5660015582ae2</guid><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finding God]]></category><category><![CDATA[Monday Meditations]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 03:19:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_7d53f376e4924648b214f0386578e9c5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_683,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation Monday- Do It Anyway (Part 1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bear with each other, and forgive each other. If someone does wrong to you, forgive that person because the Lord forgave you. –...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/meditation-monday-do-it-anyway-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1bcebf263c0016a03d82</guid><category><![CDATA[2021]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Monday Meditations]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2021 01:42:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_70de56f3d87b4c3e857976d02b236a04~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_683,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Site Visit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the twenty years that I have been working with survivors of loss due to traumatic death, I have walked many of them through the...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/the-site-visit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1bcfb1afeb0016c031c8</guid><category><![CDATA[2021]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finding God]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fire Department]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grief & Loss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 14:50:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_d5d88c320b1a4dcaa71ec856acd2eacf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_814,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation Monday – A Steadfast Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in you.”  Isaiah 26:3 Where are your thoughts...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/meditation-monday-a-steadfast-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1be5510f24001692b7df</guid><category><![CDATA[2021]]></category><category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finding God]]></category><category><![CDATA[Monday Meditations]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 03:17:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_eb4403c8c2694b6484cda7102cf4db54~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You CAN Do Hard Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[I tell my daughter and her friends, “don’t be afraid to do hard things,” all of the time.  I tell my friends that and I tell some of my...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/you-can-do-hard-things</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1be78236d90015fbec1b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2021 02:44:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/https://behindyoualltheway.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/beautiful-pine-trees-mountains-1024x681.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation Mondays- Kindness]]></title><description><![CDATA[2 Samuel 2:6 says, “May the LORD now show you kindness and faithfulness, and I too will show you the same favor because you have done...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/meditation-mondays-kindness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1be91ac3f50015b68976</guid><category><![CDATA[Monday Meditations]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 22:23:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_96ed1294a49f470c90009bf3389f62ab~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership Through Loss]]></title><description><![CDATA[When you think of a leader, who do you envision?  What qualities does that individual have?  What expectations do you have for them? ...]]></description><link>https://www.wendycnorris.com/post/leadership-through-loss</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cc1bebe01b5e0015f3dbce</guid><category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grief & Loss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 18:40:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e9bd12_afc37ecf974842de9d2cc98960e82e19~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>