Shera O’Neal I met my husband, Trey, at church. Ironically, it was the same church that we would be married in about a year later. I was a freshman attending the Christian college where Trey had just transferred to in the small Wisconsin town where I grew up. I knew pretty much everyone – whether …
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FINDING REST IN THE ARMS OF THE FATHER
Megan McCurry From an outsider’s perspective, I was living quite the life in New York City. Professionally, I planned events for one of the top design schools in the nation. Academically, I was enrolled in a graduate program working on my thesis and only ONE semester away from a master’s degree. I lived in an …
LOSING A CHILD; GAINING JESUS
Jennifer Greever When I look back at pictures of my husband, Andrew, and I during the summer of 2015, I am overwhelmed with mixed emotions. Sadness – because those naive people have no idea how their life is about to be turned upside down. Thankfulness – because we are not those people anymore. …
THE STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES
Sallie Dean Four year old me, little legs sprawled out on a warm quilt in the sun, feeding and burping my cloth diapered baby dolls. I was nurturing from the moment I could grip a lovey. “Story” – a baby girl name on my long list of potential baby names to swoon over. I was …
REMEMBER
Our human nature seems to have a proclivity to remember. We remember birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and other special occasions. We fill up photo albums (or in this day and age, smartphones) with moments we have captured because we want to remember. To remember how cute your little one looked when they were covered in chocolate …
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