An Unexpected Life
He told me with a pair of diamond earrings. “Happy birthday,” my husband said, his eyes glassy. I knew something was wrong. My birthday was still a few weeks away.
Then David said it: he was going to Iraq. He’d received orders that his squadron would be deployed in a few weeks, and he would be leaving for war… on... >Read More
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Faith of a Child
The night started out with a feeling of great excitement. I don't know if it was the electricity in the air from the approaching storm or if it was from the energy I felt at having supper out with new friends. We had just moved and the neighborhood was full of children the same ages as ours, Catherine, three,... >Read More
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Free at Last
In 1971, the troubles in Northern Ireland were increasingly becoming a danger to myself and to my children. We were in constant danger from bombs and bullets. This was nothing new.
Every day, on the radio, we listened to a horror story of suffering. Our personal horror came one night when we were awakened by two gunmen. One stood at... >Read More
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Hope and a Future
I am a Native North American woman. I was abandoned at the age of four, with five other siblings, in a hotel in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. My parents were on a drinking spree. They were alcoholics and had left my oldest brother, who was seven years old, to care for us. The police and the welfare people stepped in... >Read More
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Mom's Mercy
When Eleanor Workman arrived in Haiti almost 30 years ago, people laughed at her. She was 51 at the time and everyone said she was too old to make a difference. "They told me I'd come too late," she recalls.
But Eleanor persevered. Convinced that God was calling her to care for Haiti's orphans, the award-winning choir director and singer... >Read More
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I Wasn't Ready to be a Grandma
Facing the unexpected? Don't do it alone, talk to a confidential email mentor.
It’s been several years now, but I can still clearly picture the day I found out my teenage daughter was pregnant. I remember her standing in the kitchen saying, “Mom, embrace it!” My initial response to Amber’s words were, “Yeah, right, that’s easy for...... >Read More
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A Mother's Heart
I had always been fortunate in the past.
I was a quiet girl and I kept to myself. The sharp-tongued gossips in town had always left me alone. My life was not interesting enough for a discussion in line at the market or over a cool drink in a shady café. I studied, worked hard and spent time with the... >Read More
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Daughter's Death Leads to Renewed Purpose in Life
Patricia Fong was enjoying a typical workday at Amcore Investment Group on... >more
My Child is Different
Story told by Anita Aubuchon, written by Alli Vail
My second husband and... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)