She like many of us others, had to hit her bottom. Her whole world was falling apart around her... financially, emotionally, relationally ... She realized she had completely checked out of life, and had finally gotten to the place where she was so sick of herself, she knew something had to be done to change it.
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Love, by definition, means a strong feeling of deep affection. That feeling is all around the world. It rests in faith, friendships, and families. But most of all, love is in those special connections that links two people into romantic unison. That oneness is what everyone knows as a relationship.
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Part I article discussed a pivotal moment in a woman's life where she decided to choose courage over fear. Where is she now? What has changed, and what process did she follow to change it?
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In times of trouble, anger or sorrow, peace feels as if though it were light years away. One tries to pull it back, but the mental and emotional pain creates a gap.
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A stressful workplace and limited options forced me to think bigger. I had just graduated after pursuing a Master's degree. When I went out in the job market I found it was very competitive and not offering what I expected for my education and experience. I took a few part time jobs at first. Reality set in after months of searching for my dream job, many of my friends were getting laid off and rents in my neighborhood were skyrocketing. I decided to settle for job that gave me health insurance and a steady paycheck. The workplace was tense and the managers were abrasive. I’m mostly kept my head down and did my work but the environment began to take a toll on me physically. I wasn’t sleeping and I eating horribly. I dealt with screaming managers in the office, only to come home exhausted and unfulfilled. My family and close friends began to comment on the change in my normally upbeat personality.
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Yesterday morning, I had the opportunity to observe something that I considered to be so fascinating. I was attending a Christian conference and the organizers offered attendees a complimentary breakfast; a pleasant surprise! Food in hand, I went to find a seat (I was attending the conference alone) and noticed several chairs positioned, like dining room furniture, around a coffee table. The first chair I thought to sit in had someone’s pocketbook on it, resting on the inside of the chair’s armrest. Both the pocketbook and chair had a similar color, cream, making it difficult to notice the former. Had I not been looking closely, I would have missed it completely. The owner of the pocketbook wasn’t around, but some of the other chairs at the coffee table were occupied by fellow diners.
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Spring, senior year of high school was the time I felt most disappointed in myself. Vividly, I remember the moment of anxiously tearing open the small, white envelope that held my future enclosed between two thin paper walls. Shaking, I pulled out and unfolded the letter, ready to embrace what was printed on the page. “Thank you for your application. Unfortunately at this moment you have been waitlisted to our main campus…” I remember staring blankly at those words, reading them over and over, hoping they would change each time I revisited them and feeling the pain over and over each time they didn’t. Shocked and speechless, I felt the first of many tears stream down my face as I let both my letter and dreams fall to the floor. My hope of going to college at UConn Storrs was over and I never felt more disappointed in myself.
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