Faithful To The Process

“It is not the events in your life that determine who you are, it’s how you choose to respond to them” Victor Frankl   I have no idea how or why the 35-year-old from Illinois ever came back to find me in the crowd of several thousand runners as I was approaching mile 24 of the Little Rock Marathon last weekend. “FOCUS!” he shouted, as he caught my eye.  He could tell I was utterly exhausted  and  somehow knew my

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Hoping Through Grief and Loss

Here’s a link to an absolutely excellent article written by my daughter’s friend, Kelly, last spring. It was featured on the restoration living website www.restorationliving.org, a site, by the way, with many other great articles: http://www.restorationliving.org/journal/2012/5/24/hope-deferred.html Enjoy! I hope it encourages you. And, thank you, Kelly, for giving your permission to share your article! After reading Kelly’s article, I encourage you to ask yourself two questions: What are my unmet hopes and dreams? How am I living fully in the face of this reality?  

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