I always looked up to him, though I must admit I played the part of an annoying little sister perfectly. He teased me mercilessly—not...

On hot summer nights, my parents would pack up a picnic and take my us to the beach by the lake. The cool water breeze off the lake was...

I weighed a little over two pounds. I was so premature that no one thought I would survive, but God had different plans for me...

My younger brother was very naughty, and while my other siblings and I were in the kitchen, we watched him drink all the coffee and then...

I’ve lived a life of self-reliance and I believe that there are times in which this is our only choice. But if you have the chance...

At 43, I’ve lost a lot in my life. I’ve lost homes, family members, and jobs. Though I lose things, I fight to gain back what’s possible...

When both of your marriages end because of infidelity, it can be hard to trust that there’s honest love out there anymore. Moving forward...

It seemed that loss followed me wherever I went. Life kept throwing me curve-balls, but I tried not to stay down for long. I learned that...

But thoughts of death don’t just go away. They linger like the plague. They interject themselves at every turn and persuade you that life...

One might think that may have become an obstacle for me; luckily, that has not, or not yet. Coming from a community where majority of the...