Jesus, Santa Claus, and Believing

From Santa, I learned the importance of believing in the power of kindness and love. It opened my heart to the gifts of love and kindness offered by our Savior Jesus Christ. Believing in His love brings healing to broken hearts. Believing helps us hold on to the life-giving hope so desperately needed in this world.

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Breaking the Silence: Conversations on Suicide Prevention

Breaking the silence and sharing our own difficult journeys and how we reclaimed our life can offer others much-needed hope. In this very personal video, I share my journey to spread awareness of the very real despair that some face, and offer hope to those who struggle in the darkness. We are not alone.

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Reclaiming Your Identity After Trauma

We cannot choose the past, but we can build a future by mining the strengths and goodness inside us. Ultimately, we can choose to stay in the muck of the pain and anguish, or we can choose to own our lives and discover and nurture our true identities.

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Lessons from a Second Father

A father’s influence is something that can be felt for generations. For good or bad we carry with us the lessons learned by their actions and how they lived their life. While my biological father’s influence was not a good one, I was fortunate to have lessons from a second father, Lane.  Lane was my…

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