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Sometimes Parents Need a Christmas Miracle
Despairing over your child? Are their lives a mess? Have they estranged themselves from you? Then you need a miracle. This mom sees hope in cocoons and butterflies. Is it really possible for your teen or adult troubled child to change, for your relationship to be restored? Today’s post could give you a renewed sense of hope that the coming of the Messiah makes miracles possible.
Interview on Real Talk with Justin Miller
[vimeo id="164142263"] Real Talk is a TV talk show where today’s topics meet the timeless truth of the Gospel. Host and pastor of Real Life Church (Clermont, FL), Justin Miller,...
The Impact of Addiction on Families
Marriages and families are victims of addiction we often overlook. Mom, you got another phone call from the police or an EMT. Dad, the arrests and forced time in mental wards...
Help For Parents with Broken Hearts
I'm the mother of a daughter, now 29, who has struggled with addictions, mental health issues, suicidal tendencies and self-injury that began when she was 12. It's been a long,...
3 Words For Worried Parents
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 23.5 million persons aged 12 or older needed...
Visiting My Son in Prison
Today's blog was written by author, speaker, Carol Kent. If your son or daughter is in prison,then this is for you. If not, you may know someone who does. Please share it....
Mom Writes Book for Parents with Broken Hearts
Our door bell rang unexpectedly late one afternoon last week. Tom, my husband, went to see who it was and there stood the UPS man with a rather heavy box. To my surprise, it was...
3 Ways for Parents of Troubled Kids to Hold on to Hope
"I give up!" "There's no way this is ever going to end well." "The doctor told us to plan our daughter's funeral." "If he keeps going like this we don't know what will happen."...
TWLOHA 10 Years – Thank you from Renee’s Mom
To Write Love on Her Arms started 10 years ago today - six days after the rescue. Out of the dark of hopelessness love turned on the lights - in my daughter 's life and in mine....
Easter’s 7 Messages to Parents in Pain
Sometimes the things we go through with our children bring us to a place of so much pain, it feels as though they died. Drugs, alcohol, mental illness, self-injury, eating...
Truths for Parents with Broken Hearts – Part 3
Today's post concludes a 3 part series of truth statements for parents with broken hearts. Altogether I've shared 15 with you. I turn to these statements for comfort and strength...
Truths for Parents with Broken Hearts – Part 2
My last blog post covered the first 3 items on my list of truth statements for parents who are in pain. Their pain is the result of the behaviors, choices and struggles of their...
3 Truths for Parents with Broken Hearts – Part 1
Are you a worn out, discouraged parent of a teen or adult child? Your son or daughter may suffer with one of these: mental illness, self-injury, an eating disorder, pornography,...