Perspectives

Fresh Perspectives

Self-Care: The Path to Loving Others Well

Self-Care has become a cultural buzzword over the last decade. Maybe you find yourself asking “What is self-care and what’s the point?”

Hurting with Hope

Even on the hardest days, I can have hope because I am not alone. And you’re not alone, either.

Hope from the Waiting Chair

As I cried out to him – here are three truths he showed me in that stiff, brown, vinyl chair.

Worth a Thousand Words

As I assembled our photo albums during those years, I always found it satisfying to look back on what I’d experienced and where I’d been.

Learn from the Pain

Our life has impacted forever, and it has been changing day by day, since Lorenza was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in 2019.

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Recap

We are recapping all the stories told through the podcast and blog in September 2022 for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

The Empty Chair

Grief will always have its tentacles close enough to latch onto us.

Full of Joy

When you pray for God to be glorified in the lives of your children, you don’t expect that will come through their suffering and death.

The Dual Life

Ask any grieving parent and they might tell you about the two distinctly different lives they started living the day their child passed.

Unforgotten

Hamilton Jansen was blessed with the opportunity to have a "special case" at his first Lighthouse Family Retreat.

Phenicia and Livvie’s Story

Phenicia Koicuba shares her ongoing challenges and blessings on the journey of having a daughter with Down’s syndrome and leukemia, all whil

The Secrets We Shouldn’t Keep

After being diagnosed with a brain tumor, Erin Mashaw had to figure out how to tell her kids about it and invite them into the journey.