For an instant, I wanted to throttle my beloved, elderly mother through the phone. She knew she was going against the routine her children established to protect her when she commented, “I filled my pill boxes for the month by…
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January 9, 2014 Crisis Support
Unique opportunities are given each of us to be a present blessing or absent in another’s grief. The brokenhearted need an ear to hear and a shoulder to lean on, and your faithful, supportive presence is what they’ll remember. How…
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October 12, 2013 Marriage and Divorce
When helping children deal with divorce, their number one need is to have an empathetic and sensitive listener. An old Roman adage says that we have two ears and one mouth so we can listen more than we speak.* Your job…
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