For the first time, guest Lorrie Grant is ready to share her personal story of making every effort possible with the goal of saving her daughter from alcohol. Lorrie shares the journey of despair, trying her best to move heaven and earth as she watched her youngest daughter, Kelsey sink deeper into alcoholism. Trying anything and everything until Lorrie herself could no longer bear up under the weight of living for the both of them.
We often hear an alcoholics story from their perspective but we rarely get to hear it through the eyes and heart of the loved ones who care for them. The toll it takes on the heart, the feelings of helplessness and fear that overwhelms. Doing absolutely anything humanly possible to save them and yet never getting to the end of the anxiety; never being free of the thought that they won’t make it to their next birthday, never free of thinking it will be your fault if they
What a powerful story of a mother who gave it her all and then at the point of breaking she lays it all down. Choosing to take God at His word, to trust Him with her daughter’s life. Believing that He loved Kelsey and that He was capable of what Lorrie was not.
My heart was most moved when Lorrie shared how she came to the realization that in her efforts to save her daughter she was enabling her. The deepest desire of a mother’s heart is to save her daughter and yet she was not equipping Kelsey but rather setting her up for failure.
Lorrie had to make some very tough decisions that left her feeling as though she was abandoning her daughter, rejecting her, leaving her to die. As a mother, these decisions waged war on every fiber of her being.
I hope your heart finds encouragement to know that even if the life you envision for your children does not look like what you thought it would or should, it’s still good. There’s a beautiful testimony of God’s faithfulness in the midst of a very real fight for the life of your children.
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Connect with Lorrie D. Grant:
Lorrie’s books, blogs and author information can be found at www.lorriedgrant.com
Current book titles:
Why is there an Elephant in my Basement? (a book about excuses and accountability)
Little White Flies (a book about honesty)
I am Beautiful Too (a book about self-image and peer pressure)
(Due to publish July 2022) Dragon Breath (a book about the effect our words have on others)
Email Contract: storytellerswithamessage@gmail.com
Podcast: Storytellers with a Story: https://www.storytellerswithamessage.com/episode-1-trailer/
Bio:
Lorrie currently has three published children’s books. Book number four, “Dragon Breath” is in the works and should be released in June. Lorrie uses adorable children’s stories to convey important core values to readers of all ages. She has also been a blogger since 2016, and her writing is considered to be inspirational, using creative personal experiences as analogies to address important life lessons.
Lorrie has also started a podcast titled Storytellers with a Message. The podcast is for the average, everyday person that has a story to tell. It’s all about stories of real-life experiences and the lessons we learn, relatable and heartfelt. It may be a story behind our inspiration, something funny that happened to us, or an ah-ha moment. It’s about the daily stuff that happens to all of us, all the time. Available on Apple, Google and Stitcher.
Transcript: https://www.happyscribe.com/transcriptions/5f6f772a1b3a4fd482fc9435f7b76e72/edit_v2
