Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
ONE HOUSE—THREE GENERATIONS Series Your kids are watching. When my mother-in-law had a stroke, my husband’s parents needed more support, so they moved to a senior-living complex in in our town. My husband’s father died a few years later, and Mom was on her own. She had Sunday dinners at our house and we took… Read More
All the sorrow in the story of Job built barriers between God and me as I read it, and though the lessons became clear in my mind, I still got stuck in the pain my heart felt. Job’s wife (traditionally named Sitis) got mired in her agony as well. His friends were convinced that the… Read More
Grief is like physical therapy—primary health care to develop, maintain, and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout the lifespan when threatened by aging, injury, disease, or environmental factors. Functional movement is central to what it means to be healthy, and it can be very painful to stretch and flex those injured areas. Grief is… Read More
Major loss invokes intense emotional suffering. That is the definition of grief. And it deals us a breath-expelling blow to the solar plexus. We associate grief with the death of a loved one, but there are many kinds of deaths—losses—that drag us down to the depths of despair: The list goes on and on. And… Read More
But does God just leave you there, deep in the mud, despair, and hopelessness grief brings? NO!He give you His strength and a living hope–you are His for eternity.Lean on Him. Citing my picture sources: Doing something creative is my favorite! And I love visuals–not only do they help me learn, but they take me… Read More
Recently I received some health news I didn’t want to hear. It wasn’t the answer I had prayed for. And now I’m in a pattern I don’t really care for: medical reports, tests, wait, more tests, wait, schedule surgery, ad nauseum. Many of you have been there or watched someone else go through the process.… Read More
“Life’s not fair; don’t expect it to be.” ~Monty Williams Monty Williams, retired NBA player and Assistant Coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, lost hiswife in a traffic accident in February 2016. Three of his five children were also in the car but survived. The person who caused the accident was inebriated. Monty had promised… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 