You never imagined that this would happen to YOU.  You never envisioned your life as a single parent, a young widow, a victim of domestic violence or a person with a life threatening disease. Handling unexpected changes in life can be overwhelming.

Some changes will be for a season, and you can see that there is an end in sight.  But for this post I wanted to talk about those events which happen that change us forever.  They redefine the way we see ourselves.  They make us think of our life in terms of part one and part two. Before and After.

Sometimes they can come upon us slowly, like waking up one day and realizing that you are raising your grandkids.  Other times they enter fiercely and abruptly. So how do we handle these unexpected, unwelcome changes? [Read more…]