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Music. It can directly impact your teen and their crisis. In fact, it can also worsen their crisis to the extent of real harm and even death. When my teen was going through her depression, it wasn’t the normal sad day that many of us have. It came with suicidal ideology and tendencies. She was…
Read MoreIf You Do Not Stand Firm in Your Faith, You Will Not Stand At All
I have been on hiatus in the past month or so because life has a way of bringing twists and turns that distract and prevent you from moving forward. These twists and turns are often a testing of our faith as we travel in our Christian walk. This past year, my husband has been…
Read MoreThis is NOT What I Prayed For
Have you ever asked God to intervene in your teen’s life at any cost? Have you ever been desperate enough to give God choices to remedy the crisis? When the answer came, were you prepared for how God handled it? When I was in one of those situations, I prayed, by giving God two…
Read MoreShe Screamed As Loud As She Could
Going down the expressway, her screams became louder and more piercing. She couldn’t stop. She was beyond overwhelmed. She could not put into words how she felt. All she could do was scream. One long scream after the other as she drove. “Jesus!” “Jesus!” “Help my child Jesus!” Tears flowed down her face as she…
Read MoreEYE OF THE STORM
Sometimes We Don’t Always Like God’s Answers
Have you ever prayed that God would change your teen at any cost? Have you begged God to intervene in your child’s life because you were so desperate to rescue them? I have. Were you surprised in how God answered those requests? We’re you even asking yourself, “What was God thinking?” I often have to…
Read MoreRoom M-24
She stepped on the scale again. It was lower than the day before. Down to 110 pounds, she slowly got off the scale and went to look for food to eat. She knew that it was not good to go without food. With the refrigerator wide open, she stood there pondering what she should eat.…
Read MoreWhen Other Parents Are Afraid of Your Teen
Your teen wants to hang out with her friend. They have been best buds for years. But your teen has been going through some very difficult problems. So difficult, that it has caused concern by other parents. Before you know it, your teen’s social life has dwindled and parents are giving excuses why their teen…
Read MoreYou Are Not Alone
I would like to promote Dena Yohe’s book, “You Are Not Alone” which will be released on July 19th, 2016. Dena and her husband have been blogging friends that I have come to know and respect for the last several years. We have often shared our posts with each other so that we could…
Read More“Me Before You” Movie – Suicide Glamorized for Disabled
When I first saw the previews for “Me Before You” movie, the plot or point of it was not really defined. Upon further investigation, it left me disturbed by its encouraging romantic ideology that suicide is beautiful and loving for the disabled. The dictionary definition of disabled is as follows: incapacitated by illness or…
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