Welcome today's guest blogger, Barb Winters. Barb and I met at a writer's conference this fall (I also met my last guest blogger there!). Writer's conferences are great places to...
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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...
Where Can Troubled Parents Turn for Help?
Where can troubled parents turn for help when their teen or adult children go off the rails? When they develop an addiction to alcohol, drugs, pornography, or something else?...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Prayer for Hurting Parents
Dad or Mom, have you heard these statements from one of your children? "I hate you! You never let me do anything." "You don't understand me!" "I can't wait until I turn eighteen...
4 Questions to Help Parents in a Difficult Holiday Season
The holiday season can be a difficult time for parents whose sons and daughters reject them, engage in destructive, unwise behaviors, or suffer with a mental illness. They'd...