“Goodbye, Peace!” What to Do When Your Peace Is Flying Away
Goodbye, peace! After a disturbing phone call, I felt my body scream, “Goodbye, peace!” I didn’t want to feel that way and found a solution.
Money Matters? What to Do To Avoid Survivor Squabbles
Money matters after the death of a loved one can tear survivors apart and devastate your finances. What can you do in money matters to avoid survivor squabbles and financial chaos? Know whose name is on the assets. Do not assume it is the surviving spouse. One woman...
Last Words: “I Love You. Come and Get Us.”
Last words of a 5-year-old great-grandchild to his great-grandfather in Redding, CA were “I love you. Come and get us. Come and get us.” Great-grandfather Ed Bledsoe had left his home to go to the doctor, but he received a phone call from his wife. She said she could...
A Sexual Predator in the Christian Community Causes Heartache
A sexual predator in the Christian community causes heartache. Dr. Dennis Hensley, formerly a professor at Taylor University, was suspended with immediate effect for sexual misconduct. Taylor University’s statement on their website on July 12, 2018, said, “Recently we...
What You Need to Know About Grief by Guest Blogger Debbie W. Wilson
Good Grief! (Pun intended) I wish someone had warned me. Maybe no one knew, or perhaps I wouldn’t have heard. In case you ever need to know, here are two words to remember after you’ve lost a loved one—"three months.” The three-month anniversary of a loss feels like...
Lost Your Tranquility? What Can You Do to Regain It?
Lost your tranquility? What can you do to regain it? Perhaps you lost your tranquility when you cleaned a late loved one’s room? Maybe you lost it when you suffered a miscarriage and left the hospital with empty arms. Perhaps you lost a job or a home in the past six...
When Father’s Day Is Difficult, What Do You Do?
When Father's Day is difficult, what do you do? Father’s Day will be difficult for me this year. My father passed away two months ago. What about you? Perhaps your father also died. A friend of mine lost her father and her stepfather. Father’s Day will be difficult...
Comfort Choices: Temporary Fixes or Lasting Benefits
Comfort choices. With so many comfort choices before you, what will you choose and why? When I miss my late mother, I might make popcorn the old-fashioned way on the stove. Mom used to make popcorn in the evening, and we would play Scrabble®. I miss Mom and that...
Paperwork and More Paperwork! What’s a Person to Do?
“I thought you were on your way back home,” I said to my younger brother on the phone. We were both out of state for Dad’s funeral. “I was, but I received a call from the bank.” He paused, and continued, “I had a choice: stay longer and stop there to do more paperwork...
