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Hurting Parents Can Cope
When you feel like you’ve lost control of your emotions because of your son or daughter’s behaviors and choices how can you cope? What do you do to keep your sanity if your child struggles with alcohol, drugs, self harm, suicide, gender identity issues, or a mental illness? How do you regain your balance and emotional capacity to keep going? Where do you turn when you want to quit? Should you make a pile of stones somewhere? Will that do the trick? How do you hit the “refresh” button for your heart and soul? In today’s post you will find 7 ways you can cope. And I’d love to hear what helps you.
A Good Goal and A Practical Tip When Your Child Has a Mental Illness
May is Mental Health Awareness month. Today's post is designed to draw attention to mental illness and offer help to bewldered parents. Brain disorders are not the result of...
5 Activites to Help Weary Parents
I have a deep faith in God and a close walk with him for over 55 years, but my husband's cancer has depleted my reserves. Because Christ lives in me, I consider myself able to...
What I Don’t Regret: From the Parent of a Prodigal
“I’m so sorry. I never meant to hurt you. I didn’t know what to do and I didn’t understand what you were going through. Please forgive me.” I’ve spoken these apologetic words to...
4 Suggestions for Parents Who Feel Hopeless at Easter
Easter is tomorrow, a day of hope and new beginnings. But before the resurrection came the crucifixion which brought a lot of loss, betrayal, confusion and unanswered questions....
7 Tips for Parents When Waiting is Hard
Life is full of waiting. Let’s be honest, waiting is hard--especially when you are the parent of a troubled teen or adult. It’s hard because there’s a problem they’re powerless...
For Parents: 4 Ways to Lessen Your Pain on Valentine’s Day
Intense pain gripped my heart when I felt rejected by my daughter. What can a parent do when their beloved children don't love them back in the way they long for? Aren't our sons...
A Brokenhearted Parent’s Story: 4 Revelations
I hope you find encouragement from this brokenhearted parent's story and the 4 revelations that helped change her life. Our stories may be different but our pain is the same....
Three Strategies to Help Hurting Parents
Hurting parents feel helpless. We wonder what we can do to survive the pain and trauma we've experienced with our teen or adult children. How do we live our lives again. Are we...
Sometimes Parents Need a Christmas Miracle
Does your child's life look like an impossible mess this Christmas season? Sometimes parents need a Christmas miracle or a star in the heavens to lead the way to God's...
My God Box: Help for Parents in Pain During the Holidays
Christmas is one week from today. Parents in pain need help during the holidays. This season is extra-hard for many, but especially for moms and dads who suffer from the...
A Hurting Parent’s Christmas Wish List
As the hurting parent of a daughter who wrestled with substance use, self-injury, mental illness, and suicidal tendencies, my Christmas wish list was short. If you're a...
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...