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...
Dad, Mom, I’ve Been Watching Porn by Barb Winters
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5 Practical Steps to Restoration from Anxiety by Caris Snider
Please welcome today’s guest blogger, fellow author, Caris Snider. We met and became friends at a writer’s conference. I asked Caris to write a blog for me because she has...
7 Lessons 2020 Taught Me NOT to Do
2020 was a rough year for many of you, especially parents with broken hearts. We’ve learned a lot from living through years of heartache, but now we learned more from living...
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...
What I Learned the Day My Husband Almost Died
Easter 2017. I had no idea what was about to happen or how my world would be shaken. Life is full of the unexpected. We can’t see what the future holds and I’m glad. Most...
When You Love a Prodigal
Do you love a prodigal? Do you feel like you've wandered in a desert wilderness too long? Are you depleted, running on fumes? I have a special treat for you today. I'm honored to...
3 Things that Could Help Parents Stop Enabling and Let Go
It’s not easy for a parent to stop enabling and let go, but when your child is involved in self-destructive choices, you need to because it’s the right thing to do—for you and...
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...
A Hope-filled Story of Transformation
Today we are a little over halfway through 2020. What a year, right? If you're a parent in pain due to the behaviors and choices of your son or daughter, this might not be a good...
Parents of Struggling Kids Need to Remember This
Welcome today’s guest blogger, pastor and father Nick Watts. Nick writes from the heart of a fellow wounded parent. His son Jordan died by sucide. Nick's words carry weight for...
8 Truths and 8 Promises for Fearful Parents
Parents of troubled teens or adults have a big problem—fear. This negative emotion becomes a monkey on our back and a monster in our minds. It’s a tyrannical, heartless dictator...
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....