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When Life - Cancer Gave Me Life Again

When Life - Cancer Gave Me Life Again

Eleven months ago, my life changed in the worst and best way possible.Let me explain, during this time I was having issues with my bowel movements. I should add that...
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When Life - Turning a Mess Into a Masterpiece

When Life - Turning a Mess Into a Masterpiece

I’m not sure where to even begin with all of the memories that I have. I guess I should start with explaining the fact that when I say “memories” I...
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When Life - Somewhere I Belong

When Life - Somewhere I Belong

As I write this down, I’m lying next to my sleeping daughter. She asked that we listen to “Jesus music” so she could sleep. She dozed off over an hour...
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When Life - Your Story Matters

When Life - Your Story Matters

I was doing a school project on identity. We were given an outline to fill out full of questions around where we were born, our family history, and so on....
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When Life - The Circumstance is Not All There is to Be Seen

When Life - The Circumstance is Not All There is to Be Seen

The months of February and March were very difficult for me. I had been experiencing some symptoms in my body that needed to be checked out, which eventually lead me...
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When Life - Why? Why Do They Call It Special Needs

When Life - Why? Why Do They Call It Special Needs?

This is an emotional post written off the cuff. The whys are asked in no particular order. These are purely rhetorical and need no answer. These whys run through my head...
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When Life - When You Question If You're On the Right Path

When Life - When You Question If You're On the Right Path

It was July 2016. In a lapse of judgement, I agreed to participate in a game of truth or dare as I sat in the hot tub with my husband,...
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When Life - From Hopeless and FoodFull to Hopeful

When Life - From Hopeless and Food-Full to HOPEFUL

My Food Addiction Story Food. Nourishment. Enjoyment. Community. Creativity. Food. Overindulgent. Painful. Isolation. Addiction. It isn’t a “common” addiction. To some, it isn’t considered an addiction at all. But for...
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When Life - From Broken to Redeemed

When Life - From Broken to Redeemed

For the last two years, I’ve been carrying and hiding what I had perceived to be the biggest and most shameful part of my life. This week, I signed the...
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When Life - When God Takes the Wheel

When Life - When God Takes the Wheel

I still remember the night vividly.  I was on the part of a freeway so close to the ocean; you could see it in the distance.  It was dusk and...
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When Life - Anxiety. But God.

When Life - Anxiety. But God.

I was four years old when I had my first panic attack.  My sister came home from kindergarten talking about the firefighters who came to school.  The firefighters talked about...
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When Life - What's in the Suitcase of Your Mind

When Life - What's in the Suitcase of Your Mind

When life gives you travel… make sure you’ve packed properly. The bed was covered with clothes, souvenirs, bottles of shampoo and shower gel, toys, power cords, and shoes. It was...
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When Life - Minds Over Matter

When Life - Minds Over Matter

“I never fully grasped the importance of a child’s mental health until I firsthand saw the breakdown of Jack’s during distance learning. And the sad thing was I couldn’t recognize...
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When Life - Remembering Kya

When Life - Remembering Kya

I’m a single mom, once married. I was raped and got pregnant by him. My husband didn’t want to keep that child and I did, therefore I got a divorce....
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When Life - Secrets I’m Releasing

When Life - Secrets I'm Releasing

2 years ago, I became buddies with @thewhenlife and I immediately fell in love with the story concept of the page. I am full of stories but there is a...
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When Life - Living Your Redemption

When Life - Living Your Redemption

I believe that the stories of our lives are never experienced and told in vain. Your struggle, your loss, or your pain serve a higher purpose. Your life isn’t a...
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When Life - The Most Unlikely Candidate

When Life - The Most Unlikely Candidate

The Story Behind the Smile as Dr. Phil once wisely put it, “It doesn’t matter what your mama did; it doesn’t matter what your daddy didn’t do. Nobody but you...
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When Life - Trusting Only Myself

When Life - Trusting Only Myself

I was new to Louisville and didn’t have as large of a support system as I did, back in Florida. The few friends I had here were through my fiancé’s...
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