by Debby Efurd | Oct 3, 2018 | The Second Mile
The world we live in expects instant results. Just pop a pill for immediate relief … lose 20 pounds in a weekend … the list goes on and on. The truth is, there are some things that aren’t cured overnight. One of them is mental illness. There have been two cases...
by Debby Efurd | Oct 11, 2017 | The Second Mile
“Mental pain is … more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’” C.S. Lewis Being in the country in no way limits me from...
by Debby Efurd | Jun 5, 2015 | The Second Mile
I read a phrase today I had never seen . . . “self-sufficiency is spiritual suicide.” That intrigued me. What did it mean? More importantly, how did it apply to me? I grew up in a family of hard-working Americans. Every day my parents would get up in...
