by Teresa Shields Parker | Oct 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
What can bats teach us about our thoughts? I know of at least three things, but first I must tell you a true story. Several years ago, my brother and I spoke at the Missouri Department of Mental Health’s Spring Training Conference at the Lake of the Ozarks. Because we... by Teresa Shields Parker | Jun 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
I was at physical therapy, where I go to learn how to walk again after knee replacement surgery. I was getting to know my new therapist. I’ll call her Haley. I asked about why she went into physical therapy and if she enjoyed it. Then, she turned the tables and asked... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Nov 30, 2024 | Blog, Fiction, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Teresa's Journey, Uncategorized
I wanted to read like my mother did. She read constantly. It was her one solace in a sea of troubles that seemed to plague her worse than others. So every week, we’d go to the library, and Mom would choose stacks of books to read. I begged her to let me check out... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Oct 2, 2024 | Blog, Health, sweet grace, Uncategorized
The answer is, “Of course it can.” I have heard from numerous people who have read my memoir, Sweet Grace: How I Lost 250 Pounds, and their lives have been radically changed just by reading that book I wrote in 2013. Rebuilding Jayne is available NOW on Amazon. I have... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Jul 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Is God listening to us when He doesn’t answer our prayers like we want? Many times we talk to God by what we are calling prayer. However, here’s what we do. We tell God what we want Him to do. When it doesn’t happen like we want it to happen, we wonder if He is really... by Teresa Shields Parker | Jul 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
How do we know if we really trust Jesus or not? He’s the member of the Trinity who is most like us because He knows what it’s like to live as a human. If we have a trust issue with Jesus, it will affect our relationship with those we love. Several years ago, I felt...