by iohdev | Oct 4, 2013 | Practical Advice and Encouragement
This is the beginning of a new series for Hope at Home this fall. There are a few families who have given me permission to share bits & pieces of their story of parenting through sickness, as both the sick parent & the caregiver in upcoming posts on this...
by Dan Hill | Sep 13, 2013 | Inheritance of Hope Stories
“There’s a really big need to tell your story,” said Julie Hull of Eagan, Minn. Julie’s husband, Ken, was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer after a blood clot was found in his calf three years ago. Ken was a long-distance runner, and the cancer stunned Julie and...
by Lisa Duscio | Sep 9, 2013 | Inheritance of Hope Stories
The 2013 fall race season has begun! Team Inheritance of Hope runners will be found in 4 amazing races. Asheville Citizen Times City Half Marathon – 9/28: My niece and I are running this hilly course on September 28th. This will be my second half marathon...
by Gracia Rinden | Sep 9, 2013 | Words of Hope
Our family is gradually recovering from the loss of our son Jonathan at age 43. He died on October 12, 2011, after being diagnosed with stage 4, untreatable colon cancer. It was hard to wrap our minds around those words when we first heard them. It still is...
by Kristin Jones | Aug 25, 2013 | Inheritance of Hope Stories, Practical Advice and Encouragement
I had scanxiety. I didn’t sleep much … just thinking and thinking. Looking at the clock at 1:45, 3:00, 4:00. I could feel changes in my body. For one, I didn’t hurt in my breast or side anymore. My back still hurt, but not in the same location,...
by Dan Hill | Aug 23, 2013 | Inheritance of Hope Stories
The first time Kimberly Loving received mail about Inheritance of Hope and its Legacy Retreats®, she placed the letter in a basket and walked away.“I was so sick I couldn’t think about it,” she said.It wasn’t until months late that Kim, a mother of three from St....
by iohdev | Jul 30, 2013 | Words of Hope
I long to find rest at home. To be still. To be with those I love. To feel settled. How do you define HOME? It could simply be a place to eat & sleep when you get home from work, a space to decorate and make your own, a prized possession that must be sparkling...
by Courtney Hester | Jul 13, 2013 | Practical Advice and Encouragement
My mother once told me that she was grateful for the church, because I would have someone to turn to if anything ever happened to her. She wanted me to be safe, secure, and loved. She believed the church is to be a place that offers love and support for all those who...
by Dan Hill | Jul 11, 2013 | Inheritance of Hope Stories
This summer you can find the Lampe kids from Germantown, Ill., swimming at local pools and water parks.“They don’t need big trips to a lot of places,” Lisa Lampe, mother of 10-year-old Jack and 6-year-old Jordyn, said. “If we go bowling one day, they’ll say this was...
by iohdev | Jun 17, 2013 | Words of Hope
We often think of grief as a response to death, but grief comes from other losses too. Families facing a young parent’s illness grieve the loss of health, loss of finances, loss of productivity, loss of relationships, loss of opportunities, loss of future plans, even...
