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I learned a long time ago to plan for the best but also to be a realist and prepare for the worst. The health challenges I’ve had since early in…
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- Joelle Jarvis
“If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” My life has been a story of highs and lows. What I’ve learned is that while you can’t
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- Marybeth Walz
I grew up in suburban Middletown, New Jersey, one of four siblings born into a strict, working class Catholic family. After graduating from Kean College, I began a successful
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- Christine Sperber
During a trip to Sugarloaf, Maine, in my freshman year of college, I saw snowboarders flying downhill and knew I had found my passion. As soon as the academic
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- Jamie Sussel Turner
I’ve always experienced a lot of stress. As a shy girl I hid behind my mother, blushed bright red when called on in class, and had many skin issues
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- Lucie Dickenson
I absolutely believe we are more alike than we are different. We all have a story and your story may not be my story, but mine is just different
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- Greer Hendricks
I recently found a drawing from when I was a lot younger. It showed me with a husband and two children. In the picture, I am holding a book
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- Elizabeth Jensen
There is an old expression that says gifts sometimes come in strange packaging. I hadn’t thought about that quote in a while. But it came to me early one
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- Janice Lintz
The Never-Ending Divorce My ex-husband was abusive shortly after we married in 1988. I never thought abuse happened to women like me; well educated, living on the upper East
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- Christine Carter Love
Marguerite Grace King was a domestic worker from the deep South who cleaned office buildings for a living. For many, this meager job was merely an income, but for
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- Cynthia Bestemann
Sometimes when the absolutely, most horrible thing happens to you, a beautiful gift eventually reveals itself. You must try to stay open to see the signs. When I was
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