An Uncanny Calm: Facing the fear of cancer
“Yes, the tumor is definitely cancer."
This news from my husband's neurosurgeon should have shaken my world, but I felt an uncanny calm.
But I was not always this way… just two months before, I had been an emotional basket case. Not only had we just learned that my husband had an inoperable brain tumor of uncertain pathology, but my mother...... >Read More
Tags:
changed lives,
chronic illness,
closet issues,
Darlene McLeod,
faith,
LIFE,
loss,
Men,
single-parents,
Women
No Comments »
When You Pass Through the Waters
Hearing the words “you” and “cancer” in the same sentence is never easy. It doesn’t get any easier when it’s directed towards someone you love. After a series of tests the doctors confirmed that my husband had a malignant and hard to treat brain cancer. The diagnosis was his, but cancer was something we both had to face.
In the...... >Read More
Tags:
Bible study,
chronic illness,
Darlene McLeod,
loss,
single-parents,
spiritual growth,
spirituality,
Women
1 Comment »
Recognizing Your Boaz: Getting a second chance
When my precocious five-year-old prophesied that she’d one day marry a prince, have a big wedding, and become a nice mommy with lots of children, I smiled. I was moved by the purity of her hope, but then unexpected happened--I began to weep.
Every tear unearthed memories of my own age of innocence, when I too believed that my life... >Read More
Tags:
Aisha Long-Bascom,
Bible,
Bible study,
divorce,
self-esteem,
sex and love,
single-parents,
spiritual growth,
Women
No Comments »
Feelings, Forgiveness and Peace
Angelique had never really known her father. He had deserted her mother for his homosexual lover when Angelique was just a toddler. But it often pained her when she saw other children's fathers at their birthday parties or picking them up after school.
"Why doesn't my daddy ever come to see me?" she asked her mother.
Her mother looked down...... >Read More
Tags:
Dr. Muriel Larson,
Family,
Men,
parenting,
single-parents,
spirituality,
Women
No Comments »
A Knack for Knitting
Valida Wall of Lethbridge, Alberta always has some sort of knitting or... >more
Stepping Out in Faith
My husband was gone--and now I would have to determine how I... >more
What Do You Fear?
