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Finding Peace with God

I would like to tell you about my spiritual journey. There was an emptiness in my heart that could not be filled. I grew up knowing God but had no real connection to Him. Growing up was different for me than most other children because I never knew my earthly father. My family always did the very best they could for me, but they could never... >Full Story

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An Uncanny Calm: Facing the fear of cancer

“Yes, the tumor is definitely cancer." This news from my husband's neurosurgeon should have shaken my world, but I felt an uncanny calm. But I was not always this way… just two months before, I had been an emotional basket case. Not only had we just learned that my husband had an inoperable brain tumor of uncertain pathology, but my mother...... >Read More

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Hope When Life is Tough

Growing up in the projects of Dunedin, Florida was tough. We lived across from a sewage treatment plant and with it came every negative stereotype you can imagine. But throughout my childhood I never realized we were poor, because there was always so much love. I wouldn't trade my childhood for anything. Broken promises My mom was only 18 when...... >Read More

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