Grief
In What Ways Can You Relate Grief to a Pig?
In what ways can you relate grief to a pig? You might relate grief in your home, office building, or at your friends’ home to the unwanted presence of a pig there. Unless a family member or friend is in excruciating pain from an illness like terminal cancer or suffers...
What Do You Do with the Storms of Life?
Have you experienced the storms of life? Were those storms physical ones like Hurricane Matthew this past weekend? Maybe they were the storms of loss, change, or some other challenge. As the winds of Hurricane Matthew howled and the rains deluged the East coast, I...
Opportunities for Divorced Women from Yvonne Ortega
Opportunities for divorced women from Yvonne Ortega. First is an interactive group on Mon. mornings. The other group meets Wed. evenings.
Purpose Becomes Important When Trouble Comes in Threes
Purpose becomes important when trouble comes in threes. I wish it didn't take trouble coming in threes to make me think about my purpose in life on earth. Last week I returned home after a fantastic time at the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Conference. I had...
Patricia Duggan: Moving Forward in Widowhood
1. Patricia, what major loss did you suffer and when did it occur? I’ve suffered through a few significant life events, but the most recent was the death of my husband eighteen months ago. One Sunday night he went to bed to read, and his heart failed him. We had been...
Crippled with Grief? You Can Go on Living.
Crippled with grief? You can go on living. Have you ever felt as though someone punched you in the stomach? Have you felt so overcome with grief that you can’t stop crying or eat? I once felt that way. Seven years ago, within seven months, two aunts, my mother and my...
How Big Is Your Prayer Request?
How big is your prayer request? Whether you’re divorced, widowed, or a single parent, you may face financial struggles right now.
Where Will You Go for Help Today?
My late son’s birthday is this week. He enjoyed Chinese food, and I usually eat it at his favorite restaurant on his birthday. A social event postponed that tradition, but it hasn’t cancelled it. The past week I spoke in Pennsylvania. I stayed with a widow, and we...
What Do You Want in Life?
“When do you think your publishing house will be able to release my book?” I asked the publisher over the telephone. I knew the date I wanted, but I waited to hear what she would tell me. “May 1,” she answered. I clapped and cheered. I thanked God for giving me the...
