Parents around their country will be waving goodbye to their kids on New Year’s Eve, wishing them a good time and praying they will return home safely from a night of celebration.  The sad fact is that not all of them will.

Last year the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations (SAMHSA) found that almost 2,000 emergency room visits on January 1, 2009, were related to under-age drinking.  That is more than a 250% increase from the national average daily…

Forgiving someone we want to forgive can be difficult.  Forgiving someone we don’t want to forgive – or we think doesn’t deserve our forgiveness -- can be harder still.   Forgiving yourself often falls into the latter category.  Even when you want to forgive yourself, you may believe in your heart that you really don’t deserve forgiveness.  After all, no one knows better than you the truth of your transgression.  You know if you ‘knew better.’  You know the moment you decided to forge…