It’s OK to Just Listen
Grief makes us uncomfortable. Being face to face with someone else’s intense sadness is really hard. In my life, people feel doubly awkward because…
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How Losing My Son Opened the Eyes of My Heart
“I like your tattoo,” I said to my server as I tried to hide myself from the other restaurant patrons. With my back to the rest of the…
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Her Words Enraged Me—and Brought Me Here
A few months after my husband died, I was scrolling through Facebook and kept seeing this quote that a number of my friends had posted. It read:…
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Why We Must Teach Our Children To Keep on Doing Good to Others
The joyful anticipation of the beginning of summer break became tainted with disappointment as we walked home from school that day. My fifth grade…
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Labor and Delivery Nurse Has a Message For Grieving Parents: We Never Forget
Sweet mamas, I needed to share the heart of a labor and delivery nurse with you. I just finished a weekend of 12-hour night shifts in a usually…
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When My Husband Lost His Job, He Found God
I had just finished tucking in my three-year-old daughter for a nap. The house was finally quiet with my kindergartener at school. I slunk…
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Choosing to Meet Anger With Kindness
I was driving to get my son the other day and heard a car honk behind me. I looked in my rearview mirror and saw an old, beat-p truck stopped with…
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The Life-Changing Power of Words
It was my first real promotion at my first real job and I was beaming. From a 16-year-old cashier with her well-rehearsed customer greeting,…
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Your Prayers Help More Than You Know
Growing up, my parents always taught me to pray for anyone going through a difficult time. Whether it was a sick neighbor, an uncle who lost a job, a…
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Everyday Heroes Rescue Three Children from Sinking SUV
It was a perfect summer afternoon for a trip to the lake for some fun on the water. But Jessica Borsum and Jesse Bourgo never made it to Lake…
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