Anywhere with God is safe. by JoAnne Potter June 2, 2009. Two packed suitcases and two carry-ons waited near the door. I’d checked our tickets at least a dozen times and wanted to pinch myself every time just to make sure they were real. Yep, they were. The next day, we would wake up…
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Lessons From a Fall
Ambitious plans, intense pain, new perspective. by Joe Hermerding as told to Amy Hammond Hagberg “Lord Jesus, save me!” I screamed as I plunged forty feet off the cliff toward the rocky ground below. Friends and youth leaders looked on helplessly. At that moment I knew there was little chance of survival. Climbers just…
Read moreJack and Jill Suffer From Traumatic Brain Injury
Surviving the journey through TBI. by Ann Peachman Jack and Jill went up the hillTo fetch a pail of water.Jack fell downAnd broke his crownAnd Jill came tumbling after.— Mother Goose Was Jack hospitalized? Did they tell him to go home and rest and he’d feel better in a few weeks? Did he panic…
Read moreHappily Ever After
When wedded bliss takes a bad turn. by Annettee Budzban I had the same aspirations many women share of getting married to the perfect man and living happily ever after. On Valentine’s Day evening, 1997, I started my journey toward a happily married life when I walked down the candlelit aisle toward my husband-to-be….
Read moreGetting Up Again
A dream life becomes a nightmare. by Amy Rockford-Hale as told to Ann Peachman A pivotal event is one that defines everything before and after it. A chance meeting, a phone call, a quick decision can be a turning point. You look back and say, “On that day, everything changed.” For me, it was…
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The triumph of peace over pain. by Tina Luce A slight chill hung in the April air as my cousin, Cindy, and I settled into the back seat of the Dodge Neon and positioned my Black Lab guide dog, Carmen, at my feet. We were traveling from Norwich, New York, with my Uncle Bill…
Read moreFetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Father’s Story
by Sandra Williams Schlenker Michael Dorris wanted to be a father, but he lacked a partner. Did this stop him? No; Dorris decided to adopt. His decision came at a busy time. His candidacy for a Yale doctorate was in the works. He had recently completed a cross-country move from Alaska to New Hampshire…
Read moreFetal Alcohol Syndrome – Resources
Read more about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects Dorris, Michael. “The Gift Abel Gave Us.” Parents, Vol. 67, pp. 216-17. Eastman, N. J. Expectant Motherhood. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1954. FAS & Other Drugs Update. The Prevention Resource Center, Vol. 11, p. 2. Springfield, Illinois: 1992. Gordis, E. Alcohol Alert. National…
Read moreZone of Silence
When it seems God has turned a deaf ear to us. by Katherine Yurchak Early one February morning I awoke with a slight dizzy spell. In the pre-dawn darkness, I steadied myself against the wall and made my way downstairs to my favorite chair in the living room. It’s my daily practice to write…
Read moreWhy Now?
Learning to trust God’s timing. by Kathryn Heckenbach What threw me most about my cancer diagnosis was the timing. I know — there are many reasons to go into a tailspin when you’re faced with a life-threatening illness, and timing is not usually one of them. There’s never a good time or bad time…
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