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Viveca and I have spent many hours listening to women talk about life after the death of a husband. The conversations often begin with what happened—the illness, the final days, the telephone call, or the morning when everything changed. As the conversation continues, we hear about what follows. The house is quiet. Decisions remain, unfamiliar responsibilities take hold, and evenings stretch longer than they once did. Even the ordinary routines of a day can feel different when the person who...

There comes a time in life when experience begins to connect in ways we never expected.

After decades of serving as a physician assistant, educator, counselor, military officer, professor, pastor, author, health coach, and lifelong student, I began to see that none of these experiences stood alone. Each one pointed toward the same purpose: helping people grow into healthier, wiser, and more purposeful lives.

That vision became Growth University.

Growth University is more than a collection of...

Welcome to Gary & Viveca's Blog: A Journey of Writing, Faith, Story, and Discovery

Every journey begins somewhere. Ours has begun with a pen, a keyboard, a stack of ideas, far too many cups of coffee, and the shared conviction that stories still matter.

Welcome to garyandviveca.com, the online home for the writing, publishing, and creative work of Gary R. Uremovich and Viveca R. Yoshikawa. We are delighted to open this space for readers, friends, small-group leaders, seekers, encouragers,...