Hardship Hit This Singer’s Life and She Chose to Fight! with Cameron James Pt. 1 – 048

15 Ways to Care for Yourself When You Have a Child with Special Needs

When your child has special needs, much of the day, and sometimes even the night, is spent taking care of someone extremely dependent upon you. A significant amount of energy and time is spent planning and strategizing to stay Read more

Battered Faith: Holding on to Hope Even When You Struggle

I was 13 years old when I was diagnosed with a muscular disease called Myasthenia Gravis. I had a year of repeated testing before the final diagnosis was made. Yet even with the naming of my illness, I was Read more

A Life Full of Hardship Has Made Me Joyful

Creating an article about my life story had me really unsure on where to start or what to share.

My story really is not neat and tidy or easy to understand. There are a lot of loops, dips, and plot twists. Read more

When Bearing Their Burden Breaks You

We all know someone carrying a burden. A friend on Facebook who recently got divorced, a friend in a bad relationship, a coworker with a wayward child, a mom friend who lost her husband. We don’t have to look Read more

Posttraumatic Growth: Finding Meaning in the Pain

Posttraumatic Growth sounds like an oxymoron; growth after trauma. But talking with some childhood cancer survivors I realized I know a lot of people exhibiting this phenomenon.

Essentially, it’s the idea that individuals can be changed Read more

When Life Gives You a New Normal

I wouldn’t have given it a name, the gut-wrenching, upside down and inside out change in my life. But I was at a weekend women’s retreat led by a well-known author and

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