Gretchen’s Story: Five years ago, I graduated with a petroleum engineering degree from Texas A&M. Needing hands-on experience, I took my first job in Denver City, a town so small the HR department suggested I live in nearby Seminole, Texas, a...
A Sneak Peak into this Episode Join host Laura Wilcox on the next Unexpected Turns story with guest Laurie, who shares a story spanning decades of her life. As a young woman, Laurie faced an unexpected pregnancy and chose to give up her baby for adoption. God...
Rebecca’s Story: I know exactly what I would have thought if I lived in Montana: “We get snow all the time with frigid temperatures. Those people down South will be just fine.” When the news forecasted snow, I thought the same way. The snow would fall—maybe...
Karen’s Story: I had fallen apart several times. But at the age of 39, I shattered into a million pieces. I call this time “my exile.” I have bipolar disorder. The symptoms began in my late teens and worsened over time while I remained under-diagnosed...
Sylvia’s Story: On a bleak winter day in January 1994, I stood with my family on Red Square in Moscow, Russia. How did I get here!? I wondered. As long as I could remember, the Soviet Union had been the enemy. But in 1989 the Berlin Wall had come down –...
