Tag Archives: dysfunction

26 Apr

To Pray Or Not

trsmith Blog, family members, God, Jesus, Peace, Prayer 1 0

To pray or not to pray, that is the question. It’s a question I have grappled with since I became a believer in Jesus. In “Choosing Life,” I told you about my dysfunctional family. I may have been the scapegoat, but the destructive force in our lives was my father. It was in my mid-twenties that I decided to believe that Jesus was real and that He was my only hope. My first prayer for my father was that he…..

27 Mar

No Roses

trsmith Allergies, Blog, Book, Death, family members, God, Heart, Loss, Parenting, Perfume, Rejection, Tragedy 2 1

In “Choosing Life,” I told you that I am allergic to roses. When I heard the song “I Never Promised You A Rose Garden,” I was thrilled. Nothing would be more deadly to me that a rose garden. Bottom line: Never be allergic to something that everybody loves. On the news today, the lead story was a German airliner that crashed into the Alps. The father of one of the young people killed in the crash said to the other…..

16 Jan

Joy Comes

trsmith Abuse, Blog, Book, Childhood, Neglect, Rejection, Survival 1 1

The first paragraph of “Choosing Life” describes a visit to my GYNP. Rita was the one who convinced me to write my story. And she inspired me again. I just like to talk to her. She listens and is interested. Rita read my book and liked it very much. It made her cry, but I told her I wrote it to encourage people that no matter how bad it is, you can make it. I was watching TV recently. There…..

09 Aug

Fantasy Land

trsmith Blog, Book, Commandments, family members, God, Life, Mothers, Truth 1 1

In “Choosing Life,” I told you about my dysfunctional family. Both my mother and my father were damaged people. They disowned me in 1975. In 1980, my father left my mother for a woman younger than me. My mother had been a diabetic since 1943. so my father left a very sick woman. He drained her bank accounts. I re-established contact with her when I learned that my father left. In 1987, her kidneys failed. I brought her into my…..

30 Apr

Generations of dysfunction, part 1

trsmith Blog, Book, family members, Life, memoir 1 1

Someone who recently read my book “Choosing Life” told me that my story made her angry at my parents. After a moment of enjoying the empathy, I realized what I had to tell her. The dysfunction did not start with my parents. It goes back I don’t know how many generations. Let me tell you about my mother’s mother, Gram. Gram’s mother died when she was in third grade. School was over for her. She was sent to live with her…..

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