With Father's Day coming my dad has been on my mind. He lived until he was 92 and was a precious man. One of a kind. The best father a kid could ever hope to have. He lived a...
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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,...
Encouraging Suggestions for Parents in Pain
Parents in pain struggle with tremendous amounts of discouragement. Watching our children's lives ebb away because of alcohol or drugs, mental illness, repeated incarceration, or...
Easter’s 3 Messages of Hope for Hurting Parents
Today is Easter. 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 life-altering...
Can Parents in Pain Make Peace with the Unknown?
In the past, I struggled with the need to know how my daughter’s journey would end. Abusing alcohol and drugs, engaging in self-harm, and suffering with a mental illness, not...
God Cares When We Cry
Parents who are brokenhearted over their teen or adult children because of their agonizing struggles and destructive choices shed many tears. Reasons vary: addiction, mental...
Parents: 4 Practices to Try When Valentine’s Day Hurts
Holidays hurt when you don't receive the love you long for from someone you care about--especially your own child. Valentine's Day is tomorrown and it is one more holiday parents...
Can Broken-hearted Parents Find Victory?
My daughter was on the brink of disaster. Defeated, helplessness overwhelmed me. I get forgot how far I'd already come as the mother of a young adult daughter who had many...
Joy for Parents in Pain Over the Holidays?
Are you a parent in pain who has no joy this holiday season? Can you relate to one of these situations? Your son is in jail with an unknown outcome looming in the future. Your...
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...
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...