Editor’s note: this blog post was inspired by a question submitted via our Ask Karen page. Karen M. wrote to ask Karen Mulder’s advice on how to cope with the departure of a college-aged child. Dear Karen: Right now so...
Life is like a journey on a train with its stations, with changes of routes and with accidents! At birth, we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel on our side. However, at...
One day when I was caring for my friend Pat, a cancer patient, she asked me to type and print her favorite Bible verses- one verse on each sheet of paper. Then we posted one verse in each room of her home. Then she...
Grief is a normal and natural process by which a person makes a healthy adjustment to any significant loss in his or her life. Any significant loss (the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, a broken marriage, deterioration of health, a shattered dream) triggers the process. Most people experience some or all of the below emotional responses when they lose anything or anyone important in their lives. But first, read Barb’s story:
By Steve Wiens from his blog The Actual Pastor I have three boys ages 5 and under. If you are parents of small children, you know that there are moments of spectacular delight, and you can’t believe you get to be...
I am longing for something beautiful, meaningful and joyous to happen this Christmas season. Maybe you are, too! I believe one way to find this beauty and meaning is to focus some of our attention outward to those...
When we turn on our TVs or open our newspapers, we can be overwhelmed by the darkness: the news is filled with stories of war, murder, child abuse, people losing their homes and retirements, and on and on . . . It is...
I recently received this email from Cameron who was suddenly thrust into the role of caregiver for his wife, Heather, just after becoming a new father. Cameron tells his story of compassion and hope, then provides a link to a 3 minute video that further describes their journey.
Dear Karen:
I came across your blog and really identified with a lot of your writing. My name is Cameron and I was thrown into the role of caregiver when my wife, Heather, was diagnosed with a very rare and deadly cancer called mesothelioma, just three months after the birth of our only child.
