When you have a stubborn child…
Learn to appreciate your children’s stubbornness early in life. Take the time to learn how to channel and shape that energy in a positive direction. Embrace it. Don’t complain, begrudge, or try to...
View ArticleA special message for those who’ve lost a loved one…
I was driving away from Stanford Hospital. I’d just witnessed my cousin Monica being taken off life support. It was the end of her two-year battle with Leukemia. She was only 21 years old and the...
View ArticleThis is how we win over terrorism!
Terrorists feed on fear. They gain power from those who shrink and cower to its threat. They celebrate when we close our doors and gather our children to hide under the covers. Now, more than ever, we...
View ArticleEven on our worst days…this can happen.
In all the struggles, both worldwide and personal, my mantra is this…no matter what bad place my mind wanders to throughout the day, however deeply disturbing and fearful my imagination takes me, at...
View ArticleThis is what can happen when people don’t get help for their addiction…
Today is my best childhood friend Shannon’s birthday. She was the kindest, most fun-loving, open hearted person I’ve ever known. But now she’s gone because a repeat drunk driver didn’t get help for...
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View ArticleWhy we forgive…
I was talking with a new friend this morning about my mom’s brain cancer and how it took almost a year to work through forgiving the nurse who left my mom unattended in the hospital. Finding my mom...
View ArticleA word to those struggling right now…
For those struggling. This will pass. God will never leave your side. Filed under: addiction, anxiety, blog, cancer, childhood trauma, co-dependency, death of a loved one, depression, devotional,...
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