My Life In Pieces – Healing for the Abused and Broken
I was introduced to Alice many years ago. Funny, interesting, creative, and eventually a good friend, her heart was BIG and caring. She loved the Lord with her very being. Behind those wonderful characteristics however, she was raised with a dark past that no one would want to go through. Growing up, her life…
Read MoreThe Monster That Lives Within
Have you ever thought for a random second or two that there is something really wrong with your child? Did a horrendous thought pop in your head about your child doing something that is beyond your scope to imagine? Maybe it was a word spoken, an action taken, a response you were not expecting. Maybe…
Read MoreMourning Over Your Child in Crisis
During my years of being a parent of a teen and young adult in crisis, I have delved many times into the world of great mourning. Mourning can mean many different things to parents. It can be an extreme loss such as the death of a child through addiction. It could be through the painful…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and the Family in Crisis
When a police officer was asked how many robberies he had responded to since the Coronavirus impacted our country, the answer was quite revealing. He only had to say a few words – “No robberies, family violence is what we are dealing with now.” Police stations across the country are seeing an increase of…
Read MoreTo The Escape Room I Go!
I admit it. If I have the chance to hide from my teen, I would do it in a heartbeat. There are just times in which I have to go to my escape room and lock the door. I hid there for many reasons. When I kept myself from acting out against my own…
Read MoreHow to Help Teens in Crisis Thru CoronaVirus Epidemic
Families stuck in their homes. Four walls. No personal room to breathe and dealing with a teen or young adult in crisis. Yikes! How in the world as a parent am I going to get through this? Well, we can go under or rise above it. Today, I rise above it. How? First…
Read MoreAppeal to the Courtroom of Heaven – Shonda’s Story
Can you imagine a phone call that could change your life forever and shatter your dreams and hopes for your child? Can you imagine your world being rocked apart leaving you shocked, bewildered, numb, scared, and a plethora of other emotions that have you speechless? Meet Shonda. She received one of those phone calls…
Read MoreTeen = Rebellion
Oh that wonderful word – REBELLION. You beg and plead for your child to change their ways; Stop smoking! Stop drinking! Stop hanging out with the wrong kids! Stop getting into trouble with the law! Stop, Stop, STOP!!! Kids live off of it and you want to do everything in your power to…
Read MorePanini’s Lesson On Praying
It’s 3 am and I get a visitor slapping a paw on my head. It is our foster kitty Panini. Skinny, torn ears and a funny crouch, we found him in our yard and quickly rescued him. After a visit with the vet hospital, Sausage (his new nickname) had quite a few medical problems…
Read MoreA New Year’s Prayer for the Hurting Parent
Dear God, May this New Year of 2020 be the beginning of healing broken hearts in my family. As I ask in prayer for restoration of my troubled child as well as for my own spirit, may we receive above and beyond rest and peace during our journey despite any chaos that comes our…
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