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A Mother’s Answered Prayer for Her Son’s Recovery

Two guys walked up to us in the strip mall parking lot just as my husband and I…

A Mother Learns to Turn Her Son’s Addiction Over to God

Nighttime phone calls are never good news when you’re the mother of a drug addict. My phone rang…

A Money Lesson: Spending and Self-Esteem

I recently found a financial advice column by Suze Orman, “What Money Has Taught Me About Personal Power”…

A Mom Navigates Change with Positivity

“Closing Time,” a popular song from the late 1990s, ends with the lyric, “Every new beginning comes from…

A Miraculous Release from Alcohol Addiction

“There are only two ways to live,” Albert Einstein said. “One is as though nothing is a miracle.…

A Miracle Healed Roberta Messner of Pain and Addiction

I sat beside my mother’s hospital bed. She lay dying of cancer. I didn’t know whether she could…

A Million Thanks to Dolly Parton

I want to say a personal thanks to one of Guideposts’ greatest friends and supporters, the one and…

Ambiguous Loss: Grieving a Loved One Who Is Physically Present but Mentally or Emotionally Impaired

Lauri Scharf, LSW, MSHS, is a Care Consultant & Master Trainer at Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging The…

A Man of Faith’s Last Great Lesson

My dad loved to sing and loved any meal that brought our family together. He loved boats and…

A Mail Carrier’s Instincts Save a Life and Start a Friendship

In late 2017, at a certain holiday celebration in Staten Island, New York, the attendees had more to…

This Alzheimer’s Memory Cafe Is Giving Caregivers a Break

Pam Van Ahn and her sister Jean spent four years providing respite care to family caregivers who couldn’t…

Alzheimer’s Disease: Comedy Improv Is a Surprising Resource

Grace, my teenage daughter, sat on our couch with my 87-year-old mom, goofing around on her phone. “You…

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