a mother's journey

About Me

A mother's journey

(After reading this introduction, GO TO THE "Pages" LINK above)

(Email comments and questions?  Link at bottom of this page)

When my children were young, we experienced the normal ups and downs of family life, but overall I was quite content ... and even perhaps prided myself on the fact that several times people told me that if our community had a "mother of the year" contest, they'd nominate me.

And then my children started to become teen-agers, and I embarked on a journey I thought could never happen to our lovely, well-brought-up, Christian family.  In my desperation, I began to record, in written conversation with God, my struggles, hopes, joys, despair, as I cried out to Him. 

During those years I searched and searched for a book that would  rescue me from the situation - or would at least let me know that I wasn't alone, and that others were walking this journey, too.   All I found were books of well-meaning advice, about how to bring your children up well when they were young so that this wouldn't happen; or glossy magazine articles about perfect families with 12 children whose teens were totally successful and obedient; or books on tough love which inevitably seemed to require having a strong father figure in the home at all times.

Over the years, without intending to, I wrote the book I was searching for.  It is a record of my journey through those troubled times, a journey I would not have been able to make without God at my side.  You will find me angry, rejoicing, begging, loving, doubting, laughing, crying, sometimes wanting to run away.  But you will also find that in it all, although sometimes I could not see Him, God was there. 

If you are going through this struggle, I invite you to imagine your face in the profile photo, your family's names in the blanks, your experiences in the events of this story.

I have edited out names, places, and some details that might identify and cause pain to my family, for even though my children are now young adults, our family's journey of course continues. 

Please let me invite you to share the journey... come to my PAGES (Link at top) and join me as this story unfolds of one mother's journey of discovering God's peace in the teen-year storms....

I can say this with confidence:  God is still present every moment, just as He was then.  And yes, there is hope!

 

(P.S.  If you want to chat, you can email me at mothersjourney@shaw.ca  ...  I'm not a counselor, but I'm willing to listen and for sure I will pray for and with you!)