Journeying Through Trauma
A few months ago, I was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder primarily as a result of my childhood as a TCK in Outer Mongolia. Early 90’s Mongolia was not...
Category: Pain and Trials
Finding Life in the Tension
A couple months ago I was diagnosed with PTSD. I didn’t want to accept it. I wanted to be stronger than that. I wanted more faith than that....
How the Retreat Sustained Me {The Grove: Sustain}
The words I would have chosen to describe myself were exhausted, depressed, anxious, and burnt-out. It had been a difficult year for my family and especially hard on me personally....
Honouring the Full Catastrophe {The Grove: Discord}
You know that feeling, where your head and heart don’t align. Where you know God is good, but… When all you’ve been told, all...
Safe in the Arms of the Father
"Do you have a safe place?” she said. She being my therapist. As soon as the words came from her mouth, doubt and questioning rose up within me....
Revive Me
I want to go home. I want to sit by the beach, listen to the waves and feel the sea breeze against my face. I want the touch of the...
Shepherd of the Valley {The Grove: Shepherding}
You truly are Not Alone! [totaldonations-progress-bar id="19498" button="yes" button_text="Give Now to the Not Alone Campaign"] Psalm 23 paints a peace...
A Sheltered Faith
A couple of weeks ago I picked up an old notebook of mine and out slipped a 3x5 card with a bible verse printed on it. It was a verse...
The Resilience of Dying
I am not known for being an optimist. But when I think back to my expectations before I moved here, I can only smile (and sigh) at my innocent...
Another Kind of Cost
It’s been an emotional day today. A mixture of excitement for the future while at the same time loss and grief for what that future implies. Twenty-five years ago, we...
