Father's Day is this coming Sunday. Are you a brokenhearted dad because of your child’s choices, struggles, and dangerous behaviors? Is your soul shipwrecked with disappointment,...
6 Helpful Tips If Father’s Day Will be Hard
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2 More Ways to Prepare Your Aching Heart for Mother’s Day
After I read Monday's post (5/8/2023) with 4 ways to prepare your heart for Mother's Day When Don't Want the Day to Come, I realized my list was incomplete. There were two more...
A Mother’s Day Prayer for Hurting Moms: The Day After
Yesterday was Mother's Day. The day was wonderful for some moms and terrible for others. Are you one of the "others"? Do you wish you could've skipped this holiday? I adopted a...
When You Don’t Want Mother’s Day to Come: 4 Ways to Prepare
Sunday is Mother's Day. Countless numbers of moms all over the world don't want the day to come. Moms whose children are troubled: incarcerated, struggle with an addiction,...
A New Year’s Gift for Hurting Parents
Parenthood changes you. But when your son or daughter has a history of making awful choices, struggles with an addiction, mental illness or with their sexual orientation, the...
3 Things Hurting Parents Need to Hear at Christmas
Does God really care about the hurts we parents carry for our children? Today’s blog post is from a dad whose been there and understands - my husband Tom. He has something to say...
7 Tips When Mother’s Day Hurts
MOTHER'S DAY IS TODAY. If you have a child who struggles with addiction, mental illness, suicidal thoughts, gender identity, is incarcerated, or has other issues, today is...
For Parents of Prodigals on Christmas Eve
What good word could I possibly give parents of prodigals today, on Christmas eve? How I wish I could promise you everything's going to be fine with your child, or that...
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. Are they so entangled in addictive behaviors and...
My God Box: Help for Parents in Pain During the Holidays
Christmas is 5 days. Parents in pain need help during the holidays. With COVID and its variants still around, the season proves extra-hard for many, especially moms and dads who...
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...
Holidays Can Be Hard for Parents in Pain
photo cred. Jason Vigeland on UnsplashDear parent in pain, we at Hope for Hurting Parents know that the holidays can be extra hard for you. Today's post will bring you some...