Tidewater Pastoral Counseling Services

04/05/2026

We hope you all have been blessed with a joyous holiday weekend 💗

04/02/2026

In case you missed our latest email newsletter:

Email from Tidewater Pastoral Counseling Services Marking the Retirement of Mrs. Patricia Hoeft After a career of helping others and ten years of commitment to Tidewater Pastoral Counseling Services,

03/19/2026

Tidewater Pastoral Counseling Services is always just a phone call away!
📲: 757-623-2700

03/17/2026

Happy St. Patrick’s Day ☘️

03/12/2026

Our hearts are with the Old Dominion University community today 💙

02/28/2026

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Punch is not just a baby monkey.
He is a lesson.
He is a reminder.
He is proof that even the smallest heart can carry unimaginable pain ... and still choose to love.
Punch is a little Japanese macaque who was rejected by his own mother and family. In the wild, rejection is not emotional , it is survival.

But for a baby, it feels like abandonment.
He was pushed away. Ignored. Left alone.
No warm body to cling to.
No heartbeat to sleep against.
No arms to feel safe in.
For a baby monkey, touch is everything. They survive on warmth, bonding, and reassurance. When that is taken away, they don’t just lose protection .. they lose emotional security.
Punch tried to go back.
Again and again.
But he was not accepted.
And that’s when something heartbreaking and beautiful happened.
He found comfort in a soft toy.
An orange orangutan plush, bigger than him, with long arms and legs , the kind meant for children.

Punch began holding onto it the way a baby would hold onto its mother. He wraps his tiny arms around it.
He buries his face into it. He sleeps holding it tightly.
That toy became his safety.
His warmth.
His substitute for the love he was denied.
What hurts the most is this
He didn’t know it’s not alive.
He hugged it like it breathes.

But recently, another monkey accepted him and now he is getting all the love and warmth he deserved !!

02/26/2026

Please forgive a TikTok link but this website is a lovely resource we wanted to share!

https://reasonstostay.co.uk

567.4K likes, 3146 comments. “Warning this story mentions su***de. marked 8 years since his brother took his life by launching Reasons to Stay, a website where people can write letters of encouragement to strangers in crisis. They’ve already sent more than 1 million letters. If you o...

02/13/2026

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02/10/2026

Too sweet not to share!

12/02/2025

We are grateful for support at any level, today and always!

https://tidewaterpastoral.org/donate

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving ❤️

10/20/2025

A little wisdom for your Monday evening ❤️