Grief And Addiction: Our Story: Ron And Nan Deal

Ron & Nan Deal began marriage with issues—that spiraled after the loss of their 12-year-old. Hear their story of grief, addiction, & the road to hope.

On FamilyLife Today, Dave and Ann Wilson host Ron & Nan Deal, who continue their marriage's raw story through addiction recovery and its pain and anger. The good news? Hope gets the last word. View Show Notes →
On FamilyLife Today, Dave and Ann Wilson host Ron & Nan Deal, who began their marriage with issues that spiraled after the loss of their 12-year-old. Hear their story of grief, addiction, & the road to hope. View Show Notes →
On FamilyLife Today, Dave and Ann Wilson host Ron & Nan Deal, who have led FamilyLife Blended for over a decade, but their story's far from flawless. Like all of us, they carried baggage into marriage. View Show Notes →

Meet Series Guests

Nan Deal

Nan Deal is the co-founder of Connor's Song, a non-profit organization that she and her husband founded in honor of their son Connor Lee Deal who died at the age of 12 in 2009. In cooperation with the Touch A Life Foundation, Connor's Song run Connor Creative Art Center in Ghana, West Africa, a facility that provides hope and healing through art therapy for almost 100 trafficked children rescued from the fishing industry in Ghana. Nan, a school teacher, and her husband, Ron, live in Little Rock, AR and have three sons: Braden, Brennan, and Connor, forever 12. Ron Deal is a marriage and family author, conference speaker, and therapist. He is also director of FamilyLife Blended.

Ron Deal

Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.