Rising above an unexpected pain
February 22, 2019
Hosted by Bernadette Butler
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Episode Description
RaNae Envy will share her story from pain to triumph. At the age of 8 years old the unthinkable happened in RaNae life. The phone rang in the middle of the night, first her father answered and yelled, then her mother was crying uncontrollably. Her grandfather, her mother's dad, had committed suicide by gunshot. Her mother, after that fell into deep depression and later also took her life by suicide. How many of us, die while we are still living? How many give up their dreams? How many just let life run them rather than them run their life. These are the question that RaNae asked herself. Tune in and listen to how she over came this unexpected challenge and began to embrace her life.
Embrace the Unexpected
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Dare to embrace something different in your life journey. It may be something you never expected, and then taking that unexpected or tragedy in life, turning it into helping others and worship in thanking God for guiding you through. My unexpected was having a son with autism but God healed my sorrows and led me to write a story about our journey. Let us together inspire, encourage to move forward even in the mist, of a storm, to give hope and become an advocate for someone who can’t speak for themselves.
Bernadette Butler
Bernadette Butler is a wife and mother of three children and two step-children. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, her home life was challenging. Later, she moved to Southern California, where she lived for thirty years. She later made Ohio her home. Bernadette has lived an adventurous life. She went from a job as a computer data entry operator to serving two terms on the Moreno Valley School Board in California, was named as a State of California Legislature Woman of the year in 1994, served as a flight attendant for Continental ExpressJet, became a school crossing guard and finally, author. Her passion is writing poetry. She self-published a collection of poems in 2016, “Words of Praise, Joy and Love,” expressing her relationship with God and all He has brought her through. Her desire is to share her story about her journey with her son, who has autism. Her hope is to inspire and encourage parents and the children who have the disorder.
Episode Directory
March 2019
February 2019
- 2/22/2019: Rising above an unexpected pain Listen Now
- 2/15/2019: Working through unexpected pain Listen Now
- 2/8/2019: perspective from a Special Education Intervention Associate Listen Now
- 2/1/2019: The Challenges of the Public School System Listen Now
