Shannon's Corner

    SHANNON’S CORNER October 2020 C aring for the wounded and brokenhearted… I felt like a ball that is out of control and on the course to emotional breakdown.  I was highly stressed, in high burnout and on the path leading towards depression.  I would sleep a good eight hours each night yet every morning I woke up exhausted.  Small things that people would say or do would irritate me to no end.  I felt disconnected from my family.  I felt guilty for being one more person in abandoning the kids at the children’s home.  I had no idea what the future looked like.  I felt purposelessness, unsettled, numb, confused, anxious, displaced, identity crisis, homeless and floundering spiritually. I later went to a Debrief and Renewal Retreat in Colorado that helped me to process my time in Peru.  It showed that I was not alone.  I felt a oneness with those present because we have suffered for Chris...