How to Talk to the Broken Hearted
Not sure why you are going through this personal tragedy? Searching for why God is doing this? Take our Life Lesson called "Built By Brokenness" and find some answers that you have been searching for.
After losing our twins girls at 20 weeks gestation, my world completely fell apart. As I gingerly attempted to reintegrate my new, raw reality...
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Re-learning the Promises of God
Are you walking the road of infertility or miscarriage? Share the journey with an online mentor.
I am a mother, but I don’t have a child to hug. I can’t brag about my baby’s first steps, the first day of school or graduation. I have no photographs. But I am a mother. My children are in heaven.
After only two months of “trying”...
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I Wasn't Ready to be a Grandma
Facing the unexpected? Don't do it alone, talk to a confidential email mentor.
It’s been several years now, but I can still clearly picture the day I found out my teenage daughter was pregnant. I remember her standing in the kitchen saying, “Mom, embrace it!” My initial response to Amber’s words were, “Yeah, right, that’s easy for...
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Romantic With Kids
When there are kids in the house both time and money can seem to be a barrier to romance. When you were dating and in the early years of your marriage the clock didn't seem to race as quickly and the paycheck seemed to go a lot further. Now that you have children who take up much of your time and money, has the romance suffered?
Growing up with...
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Concerned About What Your Kids See on TV?
"I'm really concerned about some of the things my kids are seeing on TV. How can we protect our family from the harmful effects of the entertainment industry?"
Dave: Wow, that's a big question these days. Parents have so many more entertainment complexities to face than what parents faced even just 20 years ago. There is a myriad of potential...
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Parenting Panic: Facing the Fears of Raising 21st Century Children
Parenting is not for the faint of heart. Let's be honest: there are a lot of sad things that can happen to kids these days:
As babies, they could stop breathing in their sleep, fail to thrive, get strangled by their soother strap, get stepped on, or get dropped.
As toddlers, they could swallow a small toy, pull furniture down on themselves,...
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Unthinkable Loss: Miscarriage and Stillbirth
"We can't find a heartbeat. I'm sorry, your baby is gone."
I couldn't believe what I was hearing - there obviously had been some crazy mistake. At first I thought they must be in the wrong room. I felt sorry for that poor woman next door – I wouldn't want to be in her shoes right now. Or maybe it was the ultrasound. These machines malfunction...
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