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Three Bullets — Overcoming the Unimaginable, All Parts
Friday, June 26, 2026
What happens when the person meant to protect you becomes the source of your deepest trauma? In this powerful and deeply personal episode, 2-time widow, Debra and Ron are a blended family navigating decades of pain, healing, divorce, loss, and unshakable faith.Debra shares her unimaginable story of surviving a shooting at just 7 years old — at the hands of her own mother, who was suffering from undiagnosed mental illness. Ron opens up about life after the Marine Corps, a painful divorce, and finding restoration through God's grace. Together, they share what it truly looks like to build a God-centered marriage after deep wounds.This episode also celebrates their beautiful blended family — including their deaf daughter Leah, her husband Blake, and the joy of Sunday dinners, football games, and watermelon.He was divorced. She lost her husband to COVID. God wrote their love story.In this episode:Surviving childhood trauma and family tragedyMental illness and its devastating effectsLife as a Marine, pastor, and divorced fatherBuilding a blended family with a deaf childFinding healing, forgiveness, and redemption through faithThe realities of Christian marriage — "death to self"God's grace after divorce and broken relationshipsWhy faith in Jesus is the foundation of true healingHow God can restore what a broken home destroyedHow forgiveness — biblical, deep forgiveness — unlocked healingPutting on the full armor of God — and why your marriage depends on itFor more resources on depression and suicide prevention go to parentcompass.tv/resources.Subscribe for more shows about faith, family, and life at parentcompass.tv/subscribe.Download the Parent Compass App for more shows and more shows with links by topic like depression/suicide prevention.To have a conversation about Christ or to ask for prayer text or call 817-760-2643, or click the blue chat button in the right lower corner on parentcompass.tv.To be emailed information about Christ fill out the form at parentcompass.tv/know-christ.
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