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. Part II May “Mimi, look what I got! Itsa the cutes’…
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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. Part III June My daughter was a junkie. It took me…
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“We all deal with things in life that threaten to steal our joy — the daily grind, comparisons, focusing on the negative outcomes of the day, unmet needs or expectations, misbehaving children, illness, worry over things outside of our control — the list could go on and on. Joy doesn’t come naturally just because we are Christians. It comes by…
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Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. LET NOTHING MOVE YOU. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:58 “I just don’t understand it.” My mom sat in front of me with tears streaming down her face. “The cancer is taking…
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Summer, 1983 Part I Sitting in my bunk that first day in Raleigh with my brown clothes on, I went back in my mind to the seed of sin that started my path down this treacherous hill. I had a felony conviction: sentenced to 20 years. Looking back, I know I was young and impressionable in those early years, with…
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