I Miss My Mom Every Single Day
This photo is hard for me to share. It was taken eight years ago on my mom’s birthday. She was sleeping peacefully, and I was just snuggled up next…
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Dear Dad, The Thought of Losing You Puts a Hole in My Heart
Dear Dad, This will forever be known as the year you were diagnosed with cancer. Our worlds came to a screeching halt. One minute we were planning…
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One Day at a Time: Alex Trebek’s Candid Cancer Update Will Touch Your Heart
Alex Trebek has made a career out of providing answers as the longtime host of Jeopardy!. And the one he gave today may just be his most…
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The Only Word Scarier Than Cancer is Relapse
We have been prayed over and anointed with oil. We have been loved on, and we haven’t even started yet. But Friday is go time and I am armoring up.…
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Turning Worry into Worship Changes Everything
It’s strange how fast things enter our lives. One day I was adjusting to our youngest son going off to college and grieving the loss of my dad when…
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I Choose to Believe the Best is Yet to Come
Call me naïve. Each morning I wake up with a heart full of joy. I do. Some may scoff, but I truly bound out of bed when my alarm goes off at 4:50…
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Hospital Room Duet of O Holy Night Proves Nurses Truly Are Angels
The holidays are a beautiful time, but there are many this season who are fighting their greatest battles while the rest of us are celebrating with…
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Dear Mom, You’re Gone So a Part of Me is, Too
On April 25, 2018, my world imploded and I’m still living in the aftershock. Every day since has felt like blindly wandering through ash and…
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Contestant Wins $5—And Our Hearts—After His Final Jeopardy Response Chokes Up Alex Trebek
Dhruv Gaur must have known he was throwing the game. But what the Brown University college student scribbled on his telestrator as the familiar Final…
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Dear 16-Year-Old Me in the Tanning Bed
I remember you all too well. I remember the cheerleader, the girl who couldn’t wait for the winter formal, and then the prom. I see you looking at…
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