I have hired a flurry of babysitters for my kids. Sadly, most of them seemed to have been doing their job half-heartedly, hanging their boots at the first sight of toddler tantrums. Then I hired Emma. A shy, quiet young lady with a heartwarming smile. My babysitter problems ground to a halt the day she…
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Hearing the intense reality about a bone marrow transplant wasn’t how I expected to spend my time just days after our honeymoon. This specialist was supposed to be the one who told us the other doctor had made a mistake. He was supposed to take blood and bone marrow samples and tell us the leukemia…
When I was in the seventh grade, I was often bullied for my size and stature. At “4’11.5,” all the kids were much larger and bigger than me. Now at 5’6,” but just as small, I look back to those days with sorrow in my heart. Racing from the first floor to the third floor…
Unless we’re hermits, we see and communicate with other people nearly every day of our lives. Some of our relationships are strong and healthy, while others are filled with frequent unhealthy interactions. But every human connection, even our best ones, carries the potential for conflict. While most of us would prefer to avoid unpleasant confrontations,…
When I was fresh out of college in my twenties, I didn’t realize the weight of an unforgiving heart that I carried. It had been there so long that I had grown accustomed to its bitterness. I was nearly thirty and nursing a newborn before I realized how much I, too, needed God’s grace. After…
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My husband is a pilot, and his career has moved us all around the country. We began in Georgia, moved to Colorado, and are now headed back to our southeastern roots to settle in Tennessee. I have made wonderful friends from each of these places, and they are the sort of friends I want to…
