I remembered something this week which reminded me that my mental health was not always as steady as I tried to make it look when our son, Robert, was living. One Sunday morning, while Chris was deployed in the Middle East treating wounded soldiers, I took Robert to our church service as I had planned the night before. I was dressed and ready. I felt at peace in the moment because I had actually arrived without much stress or medical complications. Partway through the service

You’ve seen her on enormous stages and screens … but you’ve never heard this part of her story. This week, our daughter, Eliotte Nicole, walked through a curtain onto a beautiful performance stage and used her entertainment journey to inspire a room full of high school students, parents, and educators. I was privileged to sit next to her as she offered realistic, transparent counsel on what it takes to audition, book, and keep jobs at every level of an entertainment career. N

“Wounds heal. Love lasts. We remain.” — The Nightingale I just finished listening to author Kristin Hannah’s compelling audiobook, The Nightingale . It captures the story of two sisters whose courage, sacrifice, and unbreakable love illuminate the quiet heroism that endured even in the darkest days of France’s Nazi occupation, when war pressed in on every sacred moment of life. This historical narrative changed me, and I am going to need some intentional conversations over