by Shauna Hoey | Jun 9, 2020 | Faith, Prayer, Thrive
Colorado Waldo Canyon Fire 2012 I sat in the shade of the skeleton of the largest pine in our backyard—now a charred trunk with crispy-brown needles on black branches—and stared at the remains of our home. Writing became one of my keys to healing as I put words to my...
by Shauna Hoey | Jun 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, Faith, Prayer, Thrive
Father God, We cry out to you. You give strength to the weary and increase the power of the weak. You are our safe place. Your love travels faster than any virus. Rescue us from the deadly pestilence invading our lives. Lord, shift the atmosphere filled with fear and...
by Shauna Hoey | Apr 29, 2020 | Faith, Family, Thrive
So, you thought you could predict your future? You did things right and expected good things should follow. Ha! The Covid-19 tornado lifted your well-greased train of life and the bottom dropped out of your methodical plans. Who would have thought you couldn’t find a...
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...