As a parent, I never want to leave my children with the burden of worry or question when I die. So, I decided to handle it the only way I know how to these days and that's by laying it out for
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Healthy Relationships
Loyal to a Fault
The post below was written by a relatively new mom of one who was really trying to figure out a lot of things. Over the past six years, three more children, and a lot of writing later, my first book,
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Hitchhiking home
My girlfriend texted me one night last week asking for my help in praying for her grandmother who had dementia and was missing. The city's ground police and helicopter officers were all searching, yet
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Sisterhood
I envy women who have sisters. I really do. There's something about a woman who has one. You can just tell.
They are more confident. They need less. They understand the female breed better
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Reality Checks: Dating & Marriage
With Valentine's Day upon us, I struggle with the sensitive and gooshy side it brings out in some people. The day filled with random love quotes and perfectly edited photos, all adorned with fancy
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Hug it out
I hate hugging. In fact, I hate anyone within arms length of me. I'm not joking. It's as if I have this imaginary bubble around me that I don't want to share with anyone else.
Hugging doesn't
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The fraud at church
My mom did her best trying to raise us kids in a Catholic Church, but I never knew an intimate relationship with God through the memorization of prayers in CCD class, nor did I ever understand a
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Heart Gifts
I'm learning to love myself more, by sharing myself with you. That's the beauty in the ashes, the silencing of the shame. It happens amidst the share, not in spite of it.
One area I have always
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To the friend who left me, I thank you.
You probably didn't know this at the time, but you broke my heart. I had never before felt such pain, such abandonment, such confusion. I looked up to you, I admired you; your marriage, business,
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