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Guard Your Heart in a Crisis: You May be an Easy Target for Manipulation
Coming home to a disaster It was mid-January 2006, and I had just returned the day before from a two-week

This Memorial Day Weekend, We Remembered Lost Children Instead of Lost Military
For the past week, I haven’t known what to do with my anger. The evening news was trying to remind

A Hard Conversation, Rewritten the Way You Wish it Went
We’ve all been there: You have something to say to your better half. Something’s been bugging you for a long

Making Difficult Decisions: Would You Flip a Coin and Trust God for the Outcome?
by Sherri Seifert Jacob On a beautiful afternoon while vacationing on the island of Cozumel, Mexico, our son Preston, a

Celebrating Earth Day—Koalas and Cockatoos and Sea Turtles, Oh My!
In honor of Earth Day 2022, I’ll tell the story of the most amazing encounters I’ve ever had with wildlife.

Gail vs. the Raccoons (and the Raccoons Won)
Most of my family and close friends know that the last few years when I was living in Rockport, Texas,

Houston Art Car Parade
Houston Art Car Parade, 2022 The Houston Art Car Parade took place on a beautiful sunny afternoon on April 9,

An Unexpected Lesson in the Classroom (for the Teacher)
by Liz Conces Spencer [Prologue: On February 24, 2022, Liz Conces Spencer, a Houston-based artist, was teaching an art class

Ghosted by a Friend Over Trump: Five Ways I’ve Moved On
There was something about the text message I just read that seemed off to me. It didn’t sound like my

Renters Who Become Crime Victims: How to Break Your Lease (or Not)
Crime is rampant for apartment dwellers I was recently browsing on the social media site NextDoor® and ran across this

A New Kind of Discrimination in the American Workplace
I experienced my first corporate layoff when I was only 25 years old. I was already married, and my husband

When a Mother Fails to Love: What’s Helped Me Move On
Like most girls in junior high school, I tried out for all the cheerleading squads every time tryouts came around—basketball,