For 10 Years, I Battled an Eating Disorder Hidden Behind Success
For most of my teen years and into adulthood, I was an overachiever who maintained straight As while playing varsity…
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By Taylor Evans Healing Doesn’t Mean Feeling Happy All the Time
I used to think healing meant always feeling better. That if I did enough—read the right books, prayed the right…
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By Wendy C Cook the Favorite Dish, Tomorrow Isn’t Promised
I felt the need to cook my husband's favorite meal today. I’m not entirely sure why. I had a ton…
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By Angela Williams Glenn Has Youth Sports Culture Gone Too Far?
We’re pushing our young athletes like never before. Sports are no longer just for a season—they’re all year. That means…
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By Vicki Bahr Aidan’s Dog-Walking Business Got One Customer—And It Was Exactly the Right One
My grandson, Aidan, turned 13 a couple of months ago and is very excited to be an eighth grader, the…
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By Lindsay Detwiler I Took a Ballet Class at 36—Because It’s Never Too Late To Try Something New
My potentially ill-fitting ballet shoes from Amazon on my feet and my all-black outfit strategically selected to blend in, I…
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There’s Something about Swim Kids
We’re a swim family. It took us a long time to get here, though. The truth is, I never thought…
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Nobody Told Me How You’d Change My Life
Nobody told me, How adopting you would change my life. How you would bring me the best and most unexpected…
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By Jennifer Thompson Life is Good. And It’s Hard.
The good things in life are also the hard things. Raising children is good. And it’s hard. Marriage is good.…
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By Joy A. Mead Some Friends Don’t Journey with Us Forever
It was a damp morning when we arrived in the UK after a week with my parents in the US.…
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By Laura Bagnarol I Love My Brother for Exactly Who He Is
I don’t remember exactly how old my brother was when that stranger casually walked by, looked at him with disdain,…
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By Chanel N. Grant, MBA, M.ED To the Woman Standing On the Edge of a Life She’s Not Sure She Can Handle: Keep Going
Three years ago, I signed a piece of paper that would change the rest of my life forever. At the…
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