by Peter Rosenberger | Nov 13, 2018 | Standing With Hope |
Truckers and TraumaPeter RosenbergerOn Interstate 40 in west Tennessee, a young woman in a sedan sped past a group of truckers on November 18,1983. Maneuvering her car in front of the lead trucker, she stayed a bit out in front of him for a while on the long stretch...
by Peter Rosenberger | Sep 22, 2018 | Blog, Standing With Hope |
A Special Teacher In the Spring of 1983, 17-year-old Gracie Parker auditioned for a music scholarship at Nashville’s Belmont University. Standing before the music faculty teachers, she felt great gratitude when one of them offered to accompany her at the piano....
by Peter Rosenberger | Jul 18, 2018 | Blog, Caregivers, Standing With Hope |
Yet Another Consolation Opportunity As the news of yet another mass shooting confronted America following the tragedy in Annapolis, the drownings in Missouri, the shootings in Toronto, and now the shootings in Pittsburgh— the frequency of these events may have created...
by Peter Rosenberger | Jun 8, 2018 | Blog, Caregivers, Standing With Hope |
Why Continue Putting Coins In A Broken Soda Machine? At a support group I regularly attend, a soda machine dispensing perfectly chilled drinks hums quietly against the wall. While seemingly a small thing, I enjoy the meetings with a refreshing beverage—taking a break...
by Peter Rosenberger | Jun 2, 2018 | Blog, Caregivers, Standing With Hope |
Fight What’s Closest Rather Than Fear The Future For more than twenty-five years, my wife, Gracie, has been an amputee. Over the years, the subject of “phantom-limb pain” found itself in many conversations. Amputees can often feel the pain of a limb that is not...
by Gracie Rosenberger | May 19, 2018 | Blog, Standing With Hope |
I returned from a 2010 trip with our Ghanaian prosthetic limb program …only to be medically sidelined for 8 years. The surgeries continued and infections nearly took me out (twice!). I found myself floundering physically, emotionally, and even spiritually....
