Madison’s Story: At age seventeen, my life revolved around the locker-lined hallways of high school. My narrow-minded view of the world saw only as far as my graduation date. Then my small world fell apart during my junior year. A nasty rumor about me...
Lauren’s Story: For months, I had walked through the valley of the shadow of the death of my marriage, always holding on to hope. I believed the same God who raised his friend Lazarus from the grave would save my marriage. Yet it died—and along with it a...
Lettie’s Story: Even though I had been offered a partnership in my law firm, I was considering other job possibilities as if I were a person surveying a chess board for the smartest move. Surely the large ad in the Washington Post for a job paying over $125,000...
Kate’s Story: When I was in my late teens, I was diagnosed with a rare condition called a venous malformation behind my right eye. My condition resulted in chronic pain and swelling. Though non-cancerous, venous malformations grow over time, ballooning...
Heidi’s Story: Three months after the birth of my first child, a healthy baby girl, I realized with surprise that another baby was forming inside of me. Fear, shock and confusion rushed for top billing in my mind. Though shock won at first, in a few...
Amelia’s* Story: I checked Caitlyn’s* algebra test with the teacher’s book. Every answer was correct. Odd. “Where’s your work to show for all the problems?” I asked. “I did it,” she said. “It’s all in my notebook.” Her eyes darted across the dining...
