by Shauna Hoey | Dec 22, 2017 | Faith, Thrive
“I stood on my collapsed garage door, stunned by the devastation. Tangled in emotions, I could only stare at the ruins of my home, a pit of ashes mixed with shards of broken memories. The birds sang as if nothing happened.” Fire of Hope Finding Treasure in the...
by Shauna Hoey | Nov 10, 2017 | Faith, Family, Thrive
I hate my book. I love my book. I don’t want to dissect sentences one more time. I’m sick of editing. My writing coach told me writing a book is a marathon, not a sprint. He didn’t tell me I’d be inching my way across the finish line, or rather crawling and clawing...
by stevecamven | Oct 21, 2017 | Emergency Planning, Family, Thrive
Our world as we knew it has been obliterated. Our safe place has been disturbed or ruined, our routines disrupted, our immediate plans upheaved, and financial worries swell. We need people. Loved ones want to help, but they may not know what we need and we are so...
by Shauna Hoey | Sep 15, 2017 | Faith, Family, Thrive
Our family has been through much turmoil over the past five years with a house that burned, two different car accidents which caused concussions and whiplash for my daughter and I, plumbing problems requiring three complete renovations from a sewage back-up, and two...
by stevecamven | Sep 9, 2017 | Family, Thrive
1. Don’t do what is most convenient. After my friend, Deb’s house burned, her immediate need was for me to find temporary homes for her dogs, many of which were puppies and two pregnant mamas ready to deliver. I didn’t want to sit on the phone making a gazillion calls...
by stevecamven | Aug 24, 2017 | Faith, Family, Thrive
My friend Deb is one of the most positive people I know. When her home in 2013 and everything in it burned, she said, “My family and animals got out safely. Nothing else mattered. Nothing else ever has mattered, or ever will.” Three years later when she broke her...
