March 21, 2011
“This is hard to admit but I am trying to live boldly this year and I believe sharing a bit of my story might help someone else. So here goes. I had post-adoption depression. There, I said it. It sucks to say it out loud. It stinks to read the words. It’s painful, extremely painful. [...]
January 14, 2010
Tonight I spent some time with a family that I met a short seven years ago. I sat at the same dining room table in their home in which we planned their son’s funeral. Seven years ago, I watched a mother stare blankly at a baked potato that her family was trying to get her [...]
November 5, 2009
A little over a year ago, a friendship that was very dear to me came to an end. I had loved this person dearly and enjoyed the time I spent with this friend. We experienced some tremendous highs and struggled through some painful lows. We invested a lot of time, energy into our friendship. So, [...]
March 15, 2009
When an individual or family experiences a life changing event, the first thing a friend wants to do is provide a meal. There is something about a hot casserole that seems to have the word ‘help’ written all over it. Maybe that’s where the term ‘comfort food’ came from. During the first few days after [...]
February 10, 2009
Yesterday I was talking on the phone with one of the families who lost their son in that tragic fire training incident in Kilgore, TX. Part of my job is to help them get on a road of recovery and healing and tohelp them find a ‘ new normal’ in their lives. There are many [...]
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