The "13 Choices for Happiness & High Self-esteem" first began when a young teenage girl in a drug rehab asked me, “Do you have high self-esteem? Can you tell me how to get it?”
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Somewhere I hear a soft, eternal whisper that says I was born to be a Queen...
Read MorePoetry and songs on the theme of understanding and balancing the complex roles of being a woman, wife, and mother.
Read MoreCatch a vision of whom you were foreordained to be...
Read MoreThey walk unitedly, man and wife, as two strong oxen yoked as one tightly together to better pull their load...
Read MoreSpirit alone cannot reach eternal heights—motherly love nourishes the tiny soul...
Read MoreA collection of twelve narrative poems that further convey the powerful message of all twelve songs from Wings of Glory: The Story behind the Songs. These poems were written to inspire happiness, high self-esteem, and an addiction-free life.
Read MoreBy the time I was six, my confidence and feelings of high self-esteem began to diminish. Instead of feeling good about myself, I just pretended I did. I tried to figure out what happened to the positive feelings I had felt about myself as a child, but I couldn’t.
Read MoreThe three self-help programs I have developed are all similar because I believe recovery from addiction, preventing addiction, and discovering high self-esteem are all interrelated. I discuss these three subjects in my book, Wings of Glory: Addiction, Recovery, and High Self-esteem.
Read MoreI am genetically programmed for self-improvement because of my parents. My dad made up his own charts and graphs to keep track of his personal improvement goals (following the example of Benjamin Franklin). I also remember my mom saying, “Every night when I go to bed, I think about all the things I did wrong and how I can do things better tomorrow.”
Read MoreThe Five Elements of Prevention can be used to help people avoid the use of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. The Five Elements of Prevention are: Faith in God, Desire for Change, Accountability, Family Love, and Friends with Integrity. Be "bold and fearless" in preventing addiction in your own life and in the lives of others.
Read MorePeople must have Five Elements of Recovery in their lives to break free from the cycle of addiction: Faith in God, Desire to Change, Accountability, Family Love, and Friends with Integrity. I believe all five of these elements are essential to recovery. With all five of these elements working together at the same time, there will eventually be success. Without all five of them, recovery will be much more difficult.
Read MoreWings of Glory is a collection of songs inspired by experiences in my own family. They reflect the sorrow, the hope, and the healing that can come from addiction. These songs are not only for people who suffer from the disease of addiction, but also for their families and friends.
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Read MoreTelling my story has never been easy. It’s difficult to share things I would rather forget. Many times I’ve wondered if I really wanted my story to be made public. But something within me said I must.
Read MoreI wrote the Wings of Glory Recovery Program for a compelling reason. While Jonathan had the desire to change after he began listening to Wings of Glory, he didn’t seem to know how to do it. I realized then that the music alone was not enough to help Jonathan heal.
Read MoreThis book is meant to be both a practical and a spiritual guide for individuals and families. It is practical because I give specific suggestions about how to help those who are addicted. It is spiritual because I share my belief that Jesus Christ has the power to heal all addictions. By combining the practical with the spiritual, freedom from addiction can become a reality.
Read MoreThis workbook is to be used with the “Wings of Glory” Recovery Program and the “Bold and Fearless” Prevention Program. I originally wrote this workbook for the prevention program, but when Jonathan read it, he insisted it would be equally beneficial to those who are recovering from addictions.
Read MoreAs long as you never give up and always keep trying, you can help your own family to gradually become stronger, happier, and more loving.
Read MoreAn excerpt from my memoir, Freedom from Addiction: A Mother's Story of Hope, which is about my son, Jonathan, who lived a struggling, unselfish, heroic life before committing suicide on March 5, 2010 at the age of thirty-five.
Read MoreOur family will never be the same since Matt’s accident. I don’t think we will ever take each other for granted again. I believe we will all be a little kinder, a little more expressive in showing our love, and a little more forgiving of each other’s faults and weaknesses. All of this is “because we are a family.”
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