I have started this blog so I can attempt to fulfill God’s purpose for my life. My personal mission statement is: To move and encourage the broken toward healing in Christ through the power of my testimony. Here goes…



Rachel, age 3


Favorite Quotes
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
~ Helen Keller
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
~ Laozi
You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
~ Christopher Columbus


My blog word cloud
abuse Adolescence broken car wreck coping counseling death depression despair Dog domestic violence Eating eating healthy emotional pain exhaustion Family Family tree Father Food God Graduate school healing Health hope hopeless Jesus joy loss loss of innocence love Lysa Terkeurst marriage Matthew West memory mental health therapy music MyFitnessPal peace Pet poetry psychological trauma purpose redemption religion Romance sadness Salvation scripture Sexual abuse Social work song lyrics Steven Curtis Chapman suicide survivor the Bible tragedy trust waiting weight loss

Helpful Websites
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests (and other church leadership)
- The Hope of Survivors
- National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
- Youth M.O.V.E. National
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study


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My story is different then yours. But writing, sharing does help the healing. Just be encouraged there are other Christians out there who are reading and healing themselves.
Thanks for welcoming me to the blogging community. I look forward to providing hope and inspiration to others.