by Jenny Leavitt | Nov 27, 2023 | Encouragement, Healing, Help, Resources
For those of you new to our family, we lost our seventeen-year-old son, Jacob, to a drunk driver in 2015. Our oldest son, Caleb, was driving his vehicle, which was struck by the drunk driver, and almost died himself. We are grateful that he survived and is now fully...
by Jenny Leavitt | Oct 9, 2023 | Healing, Help, Post-Traumatic Growth
Myron and I both grew up in homes that were, shall we say, not all they could be. Don’t get me wrong, we love our parents and they did the best they could with what they had, but in our growing-up years, none of them knew Jesus personally as their savior. In our...
by Jenny Leavitt | Oct 2, 2023 | Encouragement, Healing, Help
Hi friend, Myron and I were recently at a sister church where he preached a sermon that reminded me we’re not in a parade, we’re at war. The enemy of our souls would love for us to lower our mental defenses, even just a little, so he can access our minds and affect...
by Jenny Leavitt | Sep 14, 2023 | Grief, Guest Posts, Healing
Early on our grief journey, I heard about the “stages of grief”. Unfortunately, this expression makes it sound like you will work through the stages, and then, Voila!, you’ll be healed and the pain of grief will be gone. According to this model, the stages are Denial,...
by Jenny Leavitt | Aug 19, 2023 | Books, Healing, Help, News and Reviews
How have I not heard of this resource before? We are almost eight years out and I just learned of this phenomenal book. After walking the grief journey with others for years and hearing repeatedly, “Please write these things down for us!”, author and counselor Gary...
by Jenny Leavitt | Aug 10, 2023 | Grief, Healing, Meet the Family
My older sister and only sibling, Diane, lost the battle with ovarian cancer July 27th, 2023. My dad and I were both there when her spirit passed from this life to eternal life, and only the shell remained. I was there. In my head, I know she’s gone. But...
