Christmas and New Year

     Another holiday season has come and gone now, and we are looking wide eyed into the new year to see what will unfold.  This is an exciting time of year, full of possibilities and potential, and I hope that all will go the way you choose for it to go in the coming year.
     It is normal as a post-abortive individual to experience some sadness about your loss during the holidays, whether you consider yourself "healed" or not.  Those of us who have chosen abortion in our past will always feel the presence of a void in our lives, because there is a physically absent person in our lives.  There is an ungive-able gift under our trees so to speak, there is an unfill-able chair at our tables, and an unfill-able storehouse of memories that we cannot create with those we have lost. 
     So, with my mind thinking of those who have lost children to abortion, I offer this post as a place to honor those children, a memorial of sorts to those who have gone before us.  And just as this new year holds potential, I pray that you will see and feel the potential of your reunification one day with your child(ren) in spirit and body in heaven, where we will know them for an eternity.  It is possible to establish a spiritual bond with our children while we are still living here on this earth, and they are residing in heaven.  This is one of the crucial steps addressed in our Rachel's Vineyard retreats.  This connection brings me immense comfort during times like the holidays, because I KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that my children are alive in heaven and waiting for me.  God has revealed them to me, their names and their sexes and the very essences of them.  This revelation is such an enormous comfort to me, and can be to you as well!
     My heart goes out to you during this time, if you are experiencing emotional pain from the loss of a child to abortion.  Please, know you are not alone, and there is no need for you to suffer in silence and solitude.  Call 828-919-8020 to begin working on a path to healing through therapy and/or a weekend retreat.  Our next retreat is scheduled for March 15-17th 2013, and we still have room for you; call us with any questions you may have about our services and the upcoming retreat.