Often, a child will take advantage of you in any way he can to get to do what he wants. Just when you think you’ve told him what is expected of him, he comes back with statements like: “I didn’t understand what you were saying. I thought you meant…” “I forgot.” “I didn’t hear you.” “You didn’t say that.” The solid ground you thought you were standing on starts to shift,... > Full Story

Is it possible for a single mother of three (15, 12, and 6) to stay home with her children? I do not have a profitable skill, a degree or money in the bank. Their Dad kicks in his...

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I couldn’t cry. I knew if I started I would never stop. My whole world had crashed before my very eyes but I had to be strong. I had to hold it together. I had to seem like everything...

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My husband was gone–and now I would have to determine how I would support myself and my five-year-old younger daughter. I was offered a full-time job in the downtown office...

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“Yes, the tumor is definitely cancer.” This news from my husband’s neurosurgeon should have shaken my world, but I felt an uncanny calm. But I was not always this way…...

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Hearing the words “you” and “cancer” in the same sentence is never easy. It doesn’t get any easier when it’s directed towards someone you love.   After a series of...

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When my precocious five-year-old prophesied that she’d one day marry a prince, have a big wedding, and become a nice mommy with lots of children, I smiled. I was moved by the purity...

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“Mom, did you know there are things worse than dying?  I don’t think my friends know that.” I could not believe my ears.  Those were totally unexpected words coming from...

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When Josie Alvord turned twenty-one she found herself living the life of a total stranger. She had regularly given thought to the kind of life she hoped to lead one day – a life...

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Jake knew it was going to be an adjustment when he was awarded full custody of his daughter. He just didn’t foresee how tough the challenge would be to make a home for him...

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