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7 Lies of Suicide: A 14 year-old’s Goodbye Letter
September is National Suicide Prevention Month. If you don’t know much about suicide this blog will change that. If suicide has touched your life in some way, especially if your child struggles with suicidal thoughts or has made attempts, you may find some much-needed insights from this 14 year-old’s goodbye letter and from her courageous mother’s responses. They published it so that their daughter’s death would not be in vain. Together we can make a difference.
6 Ways Parents of Troubled Children Can Stay Emotionally Healthy
How can you stay emotionally healthy when your child is troubled? I tried everything I could think of to save my troubled daughter with little success. Feeling inadequate, one...
Four Steps to Freedom for Parents of Prodigals
The fourth of July was this past weekend. This holiday is a day we Americans celebrate our independence and freedom. But there’s a growing number of people who didn't feel...
A Hope-filled Story of Transformation
Today we are a little over halfway through 2020. What a year, right? If you're a parent in pain due to the behaviors and choices of your son or daughter, this might not be a good...
When Father’s Day Hurts
Father's Day is today. Are you a dad with a broken heart? Are you weighed down with pain, worry, fear, and rejection? If so, Father's Day can be hard. Positive memories from when...
Parents of Struggling Kids Need to Remember This
Welcome today’s guest blogger, pastor and father Nick Watts. Nick writes from the heart of a fellow wounded parent. His son Jordan died by sucide. Nick's words carry weight for...
8 Truths and 8 Promises for Fearful Parents
Parents of troubled teens or adults have a big problem—fear. This negative emotion becomes a monkey on our back and a monster in our minds. It’s a tyrannical, heartless dictator...
Burdened Parents: Don’t Quit Praying
I believe in the power of prayer, especially for burdened parents. Our prayers can move the hands of God. Prayer is our hotline to heaven, our way of communicating with him. And...
Spring Still has a Message of Hope Even During COVID-19
Springtime reminds me there is always hope, even during a pandemic with COVID-19. At the end of winter, most trees, flowers, and bushes look dead, even where i live in Florida....
A Pandemic Easter for Parents Whose Hearts Were Already Broken
Easter was yesterday. Holidays can be extra painful when your child (or any loved one) is causing you heartache. When their struggle is with an addiction to alcohol or...
A Great Way to Reduce Covid-19 Stress
A few years ago, my dear 86 year old father was in the hopsital fighting for his life. My mother had died ten years earlier and as their only child I was extremely...
Parents in Pain Can Learn to Lean on God
photo.cred.Michael.in Ireland on Unsplash Everyone is talking about the Corona virus, so I'll talk about something else! When you’re in a situation where you need help or don’t...
10 Ways Parents Can Show Courageous Love When it’s Hard
Today I'm going to talk about love, courageous love. This is love that doesn’t enable or over help. We’re going to see what it looks like and if we can gain any new ideas on how...