We Shall Overcome Part One of "Secret Heroes" Part Two of "Secret Heroes" Part Three of "Secret Heroes" By: White Dove One of my church leaders threatened to rape me. A second leader claimed he was going to torture me with knives, beginning with my feet and working up. In cohoots, my husband threatened to take piano wire and slice […]
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Source: google.com via Gone_Social Marketing on Pinterest Speak the Truth, Even if your Voice Shakes By: Susan Deborah Schiller There are wars raging right now in this world that no one sees or hears, for the bloody battles are staged behind barbed wire prison walls that the average person cannot conceive exist. Can there really […]
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Dressing the Invisible Wounds By: Susan Deborah Schiller June is National PTSD Awareness Month! Everything changed when I met an ordinary farmer from Oregon. It was at one of those advanced trainings that I found someone who knew someone. He was an ordinary farmer in Oregon. He understood sociopathic abuse very well and he began to […]
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Rak Chazak! Our War Cry! By: Susan Schiller Have you ever felt like your soul was under heavy fire for intense periods of your life? Times as intense as any military battle, maybe more intense… That's when we most need the war cry: "Rak Chazak!" Throughout my life I've had dreams that have helped me to […]
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Mission Impossible By: White Dove Sharing a condensed version of a chapter in my memoir… My husband and I were only 40-some years old when life as we had known it ground to a sudden halt. We both lost our jobs and moved to the wilderness following a severe spinal injury. After two years of […]
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You are Altogether Beautiful, My Darling By: Susan Deborah Schiller Dedicated to Wayland – a man who makes the world a better place and me a better person! He didn't pick the perfect wife. No, he picked the broken one… the rejected one, the wrinkled one full of blemishes and spots. He chose her at […]
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No matter how high your mountain, or how deep the valley; life is beautiful! By: Susan Deborah Schiler Welcome to TeamFamilyOnline.com where we share stories about hope, redemption, restoration, and creating our best real lives following the pain of divorce, death, sickness, and the trials of life. I am a storyteller. The subjects I write […]
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All is Well By: Susan Deborah Schiller Trekking through the wilderness with my children helped me to trust that "all is well" in the world, even if something insidiously evil had just threatened to suck me down into the abyss of despair. When I simply say the words, "all is well," a new wind blows […]
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Around the Bend By: Susan Deborah Schiller My husband and I have been exploring rivers this year, sometimes in a motorboat and sometimes by canoe. The Tongue River in Eastern Montana is my favorite, because it bends and twists on itself every few hundred feet. For miles and miles you never hear a sound except […]
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The Good Humor Barista: Serving Up Smiles By: Susan Deborah Schiller A funny movie, a hilarious joke, and a deep belly laugh all have one thing in common… they release a powerful hormone in your body called oxytocin. Ocytocin is often called the "love hormone" or the "trust hormone" and it's a chemical that has […]
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When We Were On Fire By: Susan Deborah Schiller Were you part of the great 90's Christian sub-culture characterized by "being on fire"? Lots of writers I admire are synchronizing their blogs on October 15th and sharing their 90's stories. Click here to Addie Zierman's site to read posts from some provocative storytellers! We were […]
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Behind the Scenes at Team Family Online By: Susan Schiller Every couple of weeks I leave my laptop behind and go out on a 4-wheel adventure, a hike in the woods, or boating on the pristene and pure waters of Montana. Sometimes you just need to stretch your eyes, catch sight of a new path, […]
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Combat PTSD with a Cup of Kombucha Tea By: Susan Schiller In the "Healthy Recipes" Series At about 50 cents a gallon, homemade Kombucha Tea may give you the biggest bang for your health supplement dollar. Kombucha is a fizzy, fermented drink that is refreshing and full of amazing health benefits! Most of the survivors […]
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The Other Side of the Story By: Susan Deborah Schiller aka Tender Lily Photo Credit "Would you believe this was all an accident?" asked Louise, doubtful the detective would be interested in hearing her side of the story. I'm talking about the movie, "Thelma and Louise," of course. Louise commits murder, in rescuing Thelma in […]
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Seasons of Rain By: Susan Deborah Schiller aka Tender Lily Previous Article: Seasons of Fire Last summer our little pastoral town of Ashland was evacuated. It was Fire Season and hundreds of square miles of forests, farms, houses, cattle, and fields are now but charred remainders of once verdant ranches. This week, I was out […]
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Tell your story, color your world. By: Susan McKenzie Photo Credit: Jim Palmer We all want to change the world, but we feel powerless against so much evil. I want to propose we change our perspective. This world is currently run by sociopaths, people who only care about their own agenda. If Jesus is your […]
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Cowgirl Up! By: Susan Deborah Schiller My husband and I were invited to manage a ranch, that they wanted turned into a House of Prayer. Stepping foot into the sprawling, 5,000 sq ft barn-turned-into-a-house, we took the bull by its horns and began cleaning and decorating the newly constructed "winter home" which we were to […]
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The Art Room: Create Your World By: Susan Deborah Schiller Photo Credit: Akianne Gallery (I purchased a digital copy of her painting many years ago and I cherish it!) "What you speak is what you get," said Papa with a grin. Really? The ageless child inside me is restless to test this out! Words fascinate […]
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Danielle's Spa: Wisdom + Compassion = Love By: Susan Deborah Schiller My granddaughter and I were spending the summer together… I couldn't wait to share with her all my favorite childhood haunts… canoeing on the lake, the local swimming hole called "The Pit," trips to the library, and so much more. Caring for Danielle became […]
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Sharing a Painful Secret Can Relieve Some of the Pain By: Susan McKenzie Photo Credit: Self-Harm Support He walked into our hotel this afternoon, toting a black plastic bag. He asked me for help to get to the Hot Springs State Park. His eyes suddenly watered, as tears began to spill and his story poured […]
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