trauma – Page 4 – Red Tent Living

Recommit and go again

By: redtentwomen September 26, 2016September 25, 2016

relationships10 year anniversary, Anniversary, Counseling, Divorce, faithfulness, God, Jennifer Stamness, Marriage, marriage on the rocks, Marriage Struggles, Romance, seperation, trauma5 Comments

Our first year of marriage wasn’t what I’m assuming many newlyweds experience.

The Gift of a Second Chance

By: redtentwomen September 14, 2016September 11, 2016

Literature, Monthly Themes, relationshipsaccident, childhood accident, Close Call, Elizabeth Kurz, Grace, guilt, near death experience, Nearly loosing a child, nursing, OR, Poetry, Second Chance, trauma6 Comments

If it weren’t for second chances we’d all be alone. –Gregory Alan Isakov

Telling the Truth

By: redtentwomen September 7, 2016September 5, 2016

Intentional Livingcourage, Dan Allender, Grief, Healing, Susan Tucker, The Allender Center, The Seattle School, The Story Workshop, To Be Told, trauma, truth17 Comments

Everything about the place said “welcome”: the rich red bricks of the exterior, the scent and sounds of the waterfront only a block away, the warm light falling on worn hardwood floors inside, and couches and chairs beckoning me to make myself at home.

Cheers to the Now.

By: redtentwomen August 29, 2016August 28, 2016

relationshipsBravery, Denial, elderly parents, Hope, parenting adult children, Tracy Johnson, trauma, trust16 Comments

The rain came in sheets, weighing down the leaves and rushing down the gutters of the house.

What will the world miss?

By: redtentwomen August 8, 2016August 7, 2016

WholeheartedAbuse, Donald Miller, Ellen Oelsen, Friendship, Impact, Live Your Dream, Storyline Conference, trauma12 Comments

There is a small statue that sits on the bookshelf just above my computer.

Mimicking Bravery

By: redtentwomen July 29, 2016July 28, 2016

Day to DayAlan Jones, Bravery, Counseling, Denial, Jonathan Martin, Narrative therapy, Therapy, Tracy Johnson, trauma16 Comments

Walking up the stairs towards the 4th grade classroom I take in the architecture and the smells of this old place, the large staircase with it’s carved handrail and the wooden door to the classroom feel like they belong in an old movie.