“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 ESV It is hard to imagine love enduring with all that a parent goes through with an addicted child. While every parent has a different range of personal, painful experiences with their child’s addiction, the ultimate outcome of this […]
Upon completion of my first official bike ride associated with the one hundred day challenge, I sat down and wrote this quote: “No matter how dark the present appears, I choose to live for the promise of the future.” This quote reinforced my commitment to finding something better in my life. It is the foundation […]
It has already been five years since I got on my bicycle for the first of one hundred consecutive days of riding in an effort to find peace and clarity in the face of the adversity of my son’s heroin addiction. The past five years have provided me a myriad of powerful lessons, challenging experiences, […]
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:10 NKJV) No one is harder on us than us; we look in the mirror and see warts that only we can see. Comparing ourselves to others reinforces notions we may have about […]
“No matter how dark the present appears, I choose to live for the promise of the future and celebrate the opportunity to learn and grow in the process.” Even in the most normal of times, life often presents us with difficult, challenging days. Several years ago, there were many days where my son’s addictive choices […]
