To the Strong Ones: It’s OK To Be Weak Sometimes
To the helpers. To the ones who live to love, support and fix others. You are so important. Your soul…
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To the helpers. To the ones who live to love, support and fix others. You are so important. Your soul…
Continue ReadingWhen I was 12 years old my mother unexpectedly became a single parent. My dad left a note on the…
Continue ReadingI know many women raised to be strong today. They were raised to power through and to fight back. So…
Continue ReadingI walked past her today. In my rush to care for sick babies, clean up, put up, and then begin…
Continue ReadingHow do you stand so tall? How do you walk so proud? How do you smile easily? How do you…
Continue ReadingI drove up to work, my eyes puffy from sleeplessness and sobs. I'd left our four-month-old with my aunt and…
Continue ReadingI'm certain, if the choice had been mine, I would not have spoken candidly to a group of my dear…
Continue ReadingWhen I was in high school, I was part of a Young Life campaigners group, a group of about 8…
Continue ReadingMy name is Emily, and I am a people pleaser. Until I had a daughter who looked up to and…
Continue ReadingIt was my first real promotion at my first real job and I was beaming. From a 16-year-old cashier with…
Continue ReadingLooking back at my childhood, adolescence, and even early adult years, I think about the girl I was. Funny. Over-achiever.…
Continue ReadingWe were holding hands and walking down a street in the middle of June. It was around five in the…
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