Several years after adopting a nine-year-old boy named Travis, I accepted an unsettling possibility. Breaking the generational cycle of abuse and neglect wasn’t guaranteed – no matter… Read more “Breaking the Generational Cycle of Abuse & Neglect”
Month: October 2016
When Fear Cuts Like a Knife
After three years of intermittent pain, I couldn’t wait any longer. The hernia had to be repaired. So, several weeks ago I faced the knife. Like any… Read more “When Fear Cuts Like a Knife”
All Kids Do That – or Do They?
All kids do that. When my son Andrew was in kindergarten, I heard those well-versed four words for the first time. With growing concern about his inappropriate… Read more “All Kids Do That – or Do They?”
Hitting Rock Bottom In Prison & Discovering Faith
This is final piece of the three-part series on my 25-year-old son’s journey. Like many incarcerated individuals, he’s a victim – having experienced severe neglect as a… Read more “Hitting Rock Bottom In Prison & Discovering Faith”