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...
Numb

Numb

“NUMB”…    Several years into my journey as a Hurting Mom my husband and I began to attend church. I was seeking something . . . anything to help me to start to feel again. I couldn’t cry, I couldn’t laugh, and I rarely even smiled. In order to...
Confused

Confused

“CONFUSED”…    What happened?  Suddenly the child that we dreamed about, have loved so deeply, and had so much hope for is moving in a direction that we never anticipated.  When and where did things go off track?  What did we do wrong? Every family...
Grief

Grief

“GRIEF”…    As we begin to realize that our child is out of control our dreams for them and for our family become broken or fragmented.  We begin to experience tremendous loss and we can’t move on in our own lives until we go through a process of...