When They Stray Index Archive

  • Rave party

    Children on Drugs – What to Do?

    What do you do when, as a parent, you find one or more of your children on drugs? Here is what we did - all under the direction of God - with great results.

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  • Not the end of the road

    It’s not the End

    Promiscuity. Alcohol. Drugs. Jail. That was the path followed by my two eldest children. Jared was showing a tendency to head down that road; things had to change...

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  • The Rest of Lissy's Story

    The Rest of Lissy’s Story… sort of

    What happens when your child strays? How do you cope? And what can you do to help them? Is there hope? Check it out; find out the rest of the story...

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  • What did I do Wrong?

    What did I do Wrong?

    Child number one: disrespect, rebellion, drugs, alcohol. Child number two: disrespect, rebellion, drugs, alcohol. Child number three: disrespect, the beginning of rebellion. Whoa! What am I Doing Wrong??

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  • She is Gone

    She’s Gone

    She was gone, the window wide open and the screen off. Her cell phone lay on the bed. I picked it up and went through her inbox to find clues. What I found made my world fall out from beneath my feet.

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  • There's an Empty Spot in my Basement

    The Empty Spot in my Basement

    Even though I consider her too young to venture out on her own, my daughter left today. There's an empty spot in my basement and a lonely ache in my heart; my soul is heavy and my eyes refuse to be dry.

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