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Several months ago, I had a temper tantrum with God during my morning commute. It wasn’t pretty. Picture a middle-aged woman yelling, crying, and complaining in her car by herself.

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I assumed we had nothing in common.

She was a young stylist, and I was her client. My first impression was that we talked differently, had dissimilar backgrounds, and would probably never be friends outside of the salon. I am ashamed to say I judged her appearance and speech as being less than my own.

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“Did you eat anything today?” I asked my mom as we chatted on the phone. “I didn’t feel like eating.” It seemed strange but was something she’d said before, so I wasn’t concerned.

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“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to...

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“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even...

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On Silent Saturday, Jesus was dead and buried. The finality of this moment must have overwhelmed the disciples. They were...

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My husband proposed six months after we started dating. I was fresh out of college and secretly hoping I would...

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“I have an insecure attachment style,” I wrote in my journal.

I had recently been researching the different types of “attachment styles,” a psychological term for how our primary caregivers’ engagement with us as infants can impact our adult relationships. I learned that our family of origin can set us up to have secure attachments or insecure ones.

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“What do you want your family, friends and colleagues to say about you at your funeral?” I was in a...

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It was my son’s 6th birthday, and I was planning an epic Chuck E. Cheese party. I sent the invites,...

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