A Cinderella Story
I grew up wanting to get married and live happily ever after, just like Cinderella. When Charlie proposed to me, I carefully laid the groundwork for my dream. “I’m going to put you first in my life,” I said. “Will you put me first in your life?” He said he would. But, literally, as soon as the honeymoon was... >Read More
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A Rae of Hope
There are about 2,930 names in the Bible, but only about a hundred of them finished well. Canadian, Judy Rae, wants to finish well.
"Heaven is looking better every day," she said, her personality still shining through brightly, in spite of the cancer.
The disease has now reached her brain, both in the anterior and frontal lobes.
"Although...... >Read More
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Healing the Pain of Bad Choices
My child hood was filled with love and happiness but I still felt very alone and empty inside. I was fairly popular throughout school and I enjoyed being friends with everyone. My grades were fine. I excelled in choir, drama, and volleyball. Yet, there was a void in my life I couldn't understand. I kept asking "Why do I... >Read More
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Alive, Really Alive
Story told by David MacLean, as told to Laurie Wang
At the unripe age of nine, I was necking girls.
Looking back as a husband and father, I could see I was going down a dangerous road at such a young age. That same year, my mom died of a heart attack. At that time, my sister was 20 and my... >Read More
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I Wanted to Belong
How close I came to making a total wreck of my life I'll probably never know.
When I went to work for the U.S. Government, I met Al Larson at the USO. Within six months we were married and on our way to a naval base in California. I was 18. Although I had been raised to be "religious," my... >Read More
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Separate Lives
Peter and I were high-school sweethearts.
I was a cheerleader and Peter was a basketball player on the opposing team. As I watched him play, I couldn't help asking my friend, Lois, "Who is that guy?" I soon found out. The day after my high-school graduation I married him. We were very young; I like to say that we grew... >Read More
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Spiritual Steroids
From the time I was three years old until I was twenty-four, I lived in the same city. Then I moved three thousand miles away to begin a new job.
The first year away presented some of the deepest loneliness I've ever known. I feel things very deeply and that loneliness was thick, almost tangible. I was very homesick. I... >Read More
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Beginning Again
Have you ever wanted to start life over again? I did. This... >more
I tried to be good enough
My parents divorced when I was four. My mom lavished attention on... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)