by Hollye Dexter | Oct 17, 2012 | faith, healing family relationships, Japan custody laws, miracles, prayer, the power of love, the power of positive thinking
When you put your faith in love…Troy is home from Japan with videos and pics of our grandbaby Ayumu, and as I peruse them again and again, I am overwhelmed with gratitude. I prayed for this EVERY day for a year. I woke up each morning, and thought about Ayumu. I...
by Hollye Dexter | Jun 17, 2012 | family, Father's Day, finding biological parents, healing family relationships
The Hole In The Sky(This essay was published in Chicken Soup for the Soul Answered Prayers, Oct, 2011)I pace back and forth, one hand on my stomach, the other nervously fingering the index card with numbers written in red ink. Just pick up the phone and do it already!...
by Hollye Dexter | May 13, 2012 | dysfunctional family, family, family estrangement, family relationships, healing family relationships, mother's day, mothers and daughters, surviving childhood trauma, The Courage to Heal
This is the only childhood photo I have of my mother and I together. Like this photo, our relationship is faded, tattered at the edges. Things happened in our family, horrible things, that not only burned the bridge between us, but blew it into a million sharp...