Provincial Support Groups

Dear Moms & Dads,Do you ever feel like you are not smart enough to be responsible for the raising of your children? Do you ever feel like you are going to let them down? Do you ever feel like a failure? Me too. Often. Painfully. Discouragingly. Desperately. My children are grown and as I reflect…

After several days of struggling, things seem to be getting back on track. I am always amazed at how dark some days can be. Yesterday, I spent nine hours working around the house. The first few were painting the boys’ bedroom and the next six were filled purging and cleaning the shed. Our shed is…

I don’t know if there is any pain in the world worse than the bruising of our pride.  Having naturally delivered five babies, I do not make that comment lightly.  Physical pain is sharp and intense but gradually it heals, in the end, the scars are only a reminder.  Emotional hurts can seem devastating at…

The constant ache and then sudden, excruciating pain of anything cold that ruled my last week is not something I will soon forget. Growing up, I had two traumatic experiences with dentists and consequently, I do not go to the dentist any more often than is absolutely necessary. Normally, our family goes in all together…

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been studying God’s plan for the family.  In a world where there are so many definitions of family, it’s been a challenge at times to focus in on God’s original design for this pivotal structure in society. Many couples begin their relationships at a very young age – even…

Blonde hair and sparkling green-grey eyes. Dark curly hair and brown eyes so deep you cannot see the whole. Academic. Athletic. Hands that turn their work to gold. Champion of the underdog. Socially driven. Lover of justice. Master of conversation. Intuitive and tender. Two brothers. Raised in the same home by the same parents with…