As part of the Stories of Hope content, this is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is coincidental. Every adoption starts with a loss. I know this now, but…
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Walk With Me: IV
As part of the Stories of Hope content, this is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is coincidental. Months passed. I felt lost. Almost like a zombie with no…
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The Brave Choice to Love Others Well
“By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another,” (John 13:35, NIV) “I discovered this journey was all about being vulnerable. It’s the raw, real human experiences that can pull us out of ourselves and allow us to look to someone else. Being brave is being intentional. It’s setting aside yourself and…
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What it’s Like to Taste and See
I call it my “awake dreams.” They’re just memories really, but I can be whimsical like that. These awake dreams rise to the surface at the most inopportune times and often leave me breathless from the sheer joy they bring. Sometimes they create an ache so deep in my chest, it renders me useless. I try and squeeze my eyes…
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Hope in the Shadows
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?” Romans 8:35 What if we truly believed suffering had a purpose? What if we believed love conquers all? Can you have them at the same time? Can you have one without the other? These are serious questions…
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