When children hurt, are we listening?

When children hurt, are we listening?

I recently received a telephone call that has stayed with me longer than I hoped it would. Matters of grief have a way of doing just that.A member of my community called, asking what could be done to assist a…

Our children are telling us something. Are we listening?

This summer, the city of Brainerd lost two of its children. Ava Starr was 11 years old. Alexis Thornton was 13. Both were students at Forestview Middle School. They died three weeks apart.