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I’ll never forget the terror that pierced my heart when I found out I was pregnant. My mother was abusive…
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I’ll never forget the terror that pierced my heart when I found out I was pregnant. My mother was abusive…
Continue Reading"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.…
Continue ReadingIn my grief journey, I’ve come head to head with some of the most intense emotions I’ve ever felt. They…
Continue ReadingA simple text came today: She was arrested in court. Five words that have the power to change a life…
Continue ReadingI lay on the ultrasound table prepared to hear the worst. While this pregnancy wasn't totally expected, it was a…
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…
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