My Mother Lives on through a Reindeer Named Rosie
"The first year is always the hardest." I knew this phrase well by the time Mom passed. She was hardly…
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"The first year is always the hardest." I knew this phrase well by the time Mom passed. She was hardly…
Continue Reading“Karmen, why didn’t you ever fear, dread, or shed any tears?” I asked my daughter. “Because God told me He…
Continue ReadingMy own biological family wanted me dead in the womb. My mom was poor, in college, barely making ends meet.…
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Continue ReadingA simple text came today: She was arrested in court. Five words that have the power to change a life…
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Continue ReadingForty years ago, you were an innocent child. You were brought into this world for a purpose. Your innocence is…
Continue Reading"Nobody will protect you from your suffering. You can’t cry it away or eat it away or starve it away…
Continue ReadingI grew up in a beautiful home. I knew I was loved beyond measure despite my overactive mouth and unbridled…
Continue ReadingAs I stood in the middle of a bustling English high street, trying to help my screaming 7-year-old daughter fit…
Continue ReadingHi, my name is Emily, and I am a struggling perfectionist. Even as I write those words, I squirm a…
Continue ReadingI’ve recently been walking through a long season of heartache. I lost two loved ones suddenly, within months of each…
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