Finding Hope in Community

May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.   Psalm 33:22 This week I will not be joining you with a LIVE broadcast because I am attending the Celebrate Recovery Summit at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.  I love the title of...

Finding Joy in Nature

This painting hangs in my living room.  It is a rendition of my family’s cabin which is nestled in the woods and sits a few feet away from the Upper East Verde River in the Tonto National Forest, outside of Payson, Arizona.   My parent named our cabin “Oh Be Joyful”...

HOLIDAY MUSINGS

Am I the only one who feels apprehensive as we head toward the holiday season? When we are hurting over our children the holidays can be such painful reminders of the things that are not right in our family. The Thanksgiving and Christmas commercials that start...

Changing Seasons

Along our unplanned and unwanted journey as Hurting Moms we go through different seasons. And just as each of the four seasons have very distinct characteristics, so do the seasons that we experience when we are in turmoil over our child. Some of the external signs...
Wrap Up

Wrap Up

“WRAP-UP”…       Let’s face it, a roller coaster is an amusement park ride that none of us want to be on. Especially when it is the roller coaster of emotions that we experience when we are Hurting Moms. We have talked throughout the month of...