Malcolm Mcallister holds a special place in the story of Heart2Heart. It wasn’t just that he developed close-knit friendships with our founder, Sean Stepelton, and our board president, Kim Kent. It wasn’t just his exuberant personality. Nor the way his...
All of us will end up dying. Sometimes it’s a tragedy that takes us. Sometimes death happens “out of order” and parents bury their children. That happened to my parents when my sister died at age 32. That’s probably why my family has always been very open...
A woman in my congregation died recently, leaving her husband behind. Before she died, church leaders asked me to check on the couple, who were in their 80s. We had heard that the wife wasn’t eating, which was worrisome. During the visit, I ended up...
Recently, Heart2Heart has received a number of memorial gifts on behalf of people who passed. One gift was made on behalf of five people who served in a ministry that was quite similar to ours. Don Stepleton, who was the late uncle of our founder, started a...
My grandmother, Ruth Gallo, is 90. Recently, we’ve been spending more time together. She’s my only grandparent left. Both of my grandfathers died when I was young. I was very close to my mom’s mother, who passed more recently. Over the years, I’ve had less time...
Heart2Heart volunteers Lore Nosenzo and Yanina Rocco have faithfully visited the seniors at Manor Oaks in Fort Lauderdale for the last three years. As we honor them as Volunteers of the Month for July, they can’t stop talking about a friend they recently lost. A...
I think we would all agree that there’s a natural progression to life. You’re born; you live out your life. Eventually, you get older, and you pass. Where we struggle is processing the interruption of that natural progression. A parent shouldn’t bury their child. A...
