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Overcoming Adversity: How Second Chances Change Lives

Second chances are always appreciated in our lives whether it’s a second chance at a relationship or a career or to rebuild. I can honestly say I have gotten a few second chances in life especially after my Suicide attempt in 2007. At that point in my life which I was in my mid-twenties I… Continue reading Overcoming Adversity: How Second Chances Change Lives

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Rediscovering Your Life’s Light

The author reflects on feeling a loss of personal joy despite loving their family. They reminisce about brighter times and battle inner turmoil, believing their own value is diminishing. Writing serves as an escape and a legacy, while they grapple with life's challenges and existential thoughts about significance and worth.

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Honoring Sacrifice: A Personal Reflection on Motherhood

Mother's Day evokes mixed emotions. For some, it’s a painful reminder of loss, like the author's mother, who passed away in 2015, despite her struggles and sacrifices. The author also reflects on his wife’s hard work and love for their daughter, urging others to cherish their mothers, acknowledging both their humanity and flaws.

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The Distortion of a Fragile Mind on Edge

It feels great to look forward to things in life, like a vacation, a promotion, a baby, a marriage, the lists goes now. Sadly, I don’t have many of these moments anymore, although yes there are those milestones likes birthdays and celebrations I look forward to, but those happen each year. I guess for myself,… Continue reading The Distortion of a Fragile Mind on Edge

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The Dangers of Media Obsession in Today’s Society

We live in world that constantly tells us how much of nothings we are. Living in the U.S. I am confronted with this each day. As I live in a country of extreme wealth, millionaires and billionaires who use media to make it known to the world how little we are to this country and… Continue reading The Dangers of Media Obsession in Today’s Society

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Overcoming Challenges: A Journey Towards Hope in 2025

For some of us, we may say good riddance to the previous year, for me that was 2023 and I was on the verge of saying that to 2024, but had to really think about this year, the struggles, the blessings. No year is perfect although 2022 was close to great along with 2021, which… Continue reading Overcoming Challenges: A Journey Towards Hope in 2025

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Why Jesus, Not Gifts, Should Define Our Holidays

What is truly important in this time of year, the season of giving, a season of joy and for myself, the reason for the season JESUS! All of look at this time of year differently, some absolutely hate this time of year over the sear reason that it’s a time of being forced to give… Continue reading Why Jesus, Not Gifts, Should Define Our Holidays

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Giving Myself the Gift of 4 more years of Life

The holidays are a time of self-reflection. What we consider to be most important. Although one could look at life and see and say I have nothing to be down about and in my opinion, there is always something we could be down about, life is not perfect after all. For myself I have my… Continue reading Giving Myself the Gift of 4 more years of Life

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Rosalie Eleanor Nerio (1944 – 2024): A Life of Love, Caring, and Enduring Legacy

Rosalie Eleanor Nerio was an incredibly kind women, who I grew up with and as a child, always had a youthfulness about her. She loved to laugh and talk, she was a real chatter box who loved to talk to our late mother Linda, in which they would talk for hours and hours. Here is… Continue reading Rosalie Eleanor Nerio (1944 – 2024): A Life of Love, Caring, and Enduring Legacy