When You Want to Give Up
Zoom or phone conversations with people who are worried, afraid, and confined are common to me now. However, one chat with a young woman was heartbreaking. She said, “I’m…
THE LONG JOURNEY TO HOPE
The following is an excerpt from the last chapter of my latest book, Uncommon Hope: The Path to an Epic Life. In the struggle between the stone and…
Does There Have to Be a “Silver Lining?” by Teresa Ahrendt
I still hear the annoying squeak of the wooden bench with each movement. The not-so-soft whispering of the couple two rows behind. The tap, tap, tap of the courtroom reporter’s…
3 Ways to Handle Loss
Loss happens. Sometimes you lose a friend, and that hurts. Sometimes you lose a job and, depending on your state of mind (some jobs are easy to leave), that…