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Four Steps to Emotional Freedom for Brokenhearted Parents
Parents who have been hurt by their children’s destructive choices and behaviors can become full of anger and resentment. Bitterness grows in their hearts. Blame and shame pile up. These moms and dads are in emotional bondage. They aren’t free. There’s nothing to celebrate. How can they find release? Where can freedom be found? Read this blog post from a mom whose walked this painful road to find out how your heart can be free.
6 Helpful Tips If Father’s Day Will be Hard
Father's Day is this coming Sunday. Are you a brokenhearted dad because of your child’s choices, struggles, or dangerous behaviors? Is your soul weighed down with...
7 Tips When Mother’s Day Hurts
Tomorrow is MOTHER'S DAY. If you have a child who struggles with a heartbreaking challenge or is estranged from you, it will be a painful day. Your heart hurts—a lot. If...
A Special Post-Easter Message for Parents in Pain
Can you believe Easter has already passed? If you are a hurting parent, I have a question for you: Can you be thankful despite your circumstances? The following short story,...
Easter’s 3 Messages of Hope for Hurting Parents
Easter is this weekend. Holidays are hard when you're the parent of a child who brings you heartache. How old they are doesn't matter. If they struggle with a potentially...
Love is More Than a Valentine
The month of February has arrived, when many of us begin to think about how we will express love to those who mean a lot to us on Valentine’s Day. Grocery stores are stocked with...
A New Year’s Gift for Hurting Parents
Parenthood changes you. And when your son or daughter has a history of bad choices, struggles with addiction, a mental illness or with their sexual orientation, being a parent...
A Hurting Parent’s Christmas Wish List
The years my daughter wrestled with substance use, self-injury, mental illness, and suicidal tendencies, my Christmas wish list was short. If you're a hurting parent,...
Sometimes Parents Need a Christmas Miracle
Does your child's life look like an impossible mess this Christmas season? Maybe you need supernatural help like a star in the heavens to lead the way to God's glorious...
5 Tips for Surviving the Holidays for Parents in Pain
"I hate the holidays! They just make me feel worse than I already do. I want to ignore them or not acknowledge them at all, but no one understands." Thanksgiving and Christmas...
When God Makes Hurting Parents Wait
Sick and tired of waiting for change, I wondered how long before for my daughter would be ready to quit drinking and making poor choices? When would she accept help? At 25 she...
Suicide: Parents Need to Know the Warning Signs
Are you the mom or dad of a son or daughter who struggles with depression and hopelessness? Have you ever said, "I'm tormented by not knowing if they're safe"? Do you have an...
7 Lies of Suicide: A 14 year-old’s Goodbye Letter
Has your son or daughter struggled with suicidal thoughts? Have they made an attempt to end their life? Maybe you know someone who has been impacted by suicide. Many of us do....