Lifestyle
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The Advice I Needed
Out here in the hills, I’d always prided myself on being independent. Why was my friend Red pushing me to change?
7 min |
April 2021
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Fit for Life
I thought I was doing this for my mom after her stroke, but I ended up doing it for both of us
7 min |
April 2021
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The Good Seeds
The old tin had been hidden away for 80 years. What promise did it hold?
5 min |
April 2021
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Angels of Grace
This single mom is responsible for the big family you see here. Learn how she cares for hundreds of other children
5 min |
April 2021
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The Boy I Raised
Is anything greater than a mother’s sorrow?
5 min |
April 2021
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Dad's Prayer
I thought I knew my father well: his devotion to family, his solid faith. A slip of paper in a forgotten Bible revealed more
6 min |
April 2021
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The Hammock
A sign of God’s protection right when she needed it
3 min |
April 2021
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A Room for Dad
Before Mom passed, I made a promise to her
8 min |
April 2021
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Life Changing
I was happily married, happily employed, just plain happy. Until the accident
8 min |
February 2021
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Healing Chorus
Meet the musicians who refused to let the music die
7 min |
February 2021
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Grounded in Love
In the heart of the South, a church does the hard work of racial reconciliation
7 min |
February 2021
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Five Quilts for Five Sisters
We thought we knew everything about our mother
3 min |
February 2021
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Everyday Poet
Find the poetry in your life
6 min |
February 2021
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A Soldier's Vision
He lay wounded in the Iraqi desert, ready to accept his death. Then he saw and heard his future
7 min |
February 2021
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A Lesson in Letting Go
Maybe 50 feet from the road, I noticed my Lab, Clyde, wasn’t with me. How could that be? He never wandered off
7 min |
February 2021
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67 Waterfalls
Their life felt in free fall. So this mom and daughter set out on an epic quest
7 min |
February 2021
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Rock Steady
A World War II veteran gravely ill with Covid-19, an Army social worker on his first deployment and the relationship they forged
9 min |
December /January 2021
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Love's Pure Light
Ease back in front of the fire and let the singer from Checotah tell you about the gift we can all give at Christmas
7 min |
December /January 2021
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KEEPING THE FAITH
TY’ANN BROWN, Vice President, Ministries
2 min |
December /January 2021
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Sandwich Generation Blues
First my daughter and her husband had to move in. Then my mother-in-law. So much for my empty nest
9 min |
December /January 2021
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I'll never forget you…Grandma Honeybunch
EVERY WEDNESDAY WHEN I WAS 16, I’d change into a nice button-down and my best jeans after school. Then I’d ride my bike on the path between our house and my grandmother’s outside Meadville, Pennsylvania. Exactly at four, Grandma Honeybunch— we always called her that, though I don’t know why except that it fit her sweetness—would pull her dark green Dodge Stratus sedan into the dirt driveway.
3 min |
December /January 2021
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Hello Christmas
PEOPLE HAVE A LOVE-hate relationship with Christmas letters. I’m a lifelong letter writer, and even I struggle to hit the right note—newsy, fun, filled with holiday spirit but not bragging or full of details that no one cares about.
5 min |
December /January 2021
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Grieving Shirley
It was his first Christmas in 58 years without his wife. Author Cecil Murphey shares how he faced his loss
8 min |
December /January 2021
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Emilie's Light
The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary eight years ago was one of the saddest events we have ever covered. Yet as her story from 2017 shows, this mother of a young victim found hope and healing
8 min |
December /January 2021
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Faith in Food
The acclaimed food writer gives tips to make this difficult holiday season joyous
6 min |
December /January 2021
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SOMEONE CARES PASS IT ON
SIMPLY THE BEST The first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic got my husband, Kevin, and me down. We slipped into the habit of saying “That’s the worst” whenever we heard an alarming news report or encountered a rude person. Griping only added to our unhappiness.
2 min |
November 2020
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Every Picture Told a Story
How the Bononi family solved the mystery of the missing photographs
6 min |
November 2020
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The Little Jalapeño Plant That Could
I hoped it was an answer for my anxiety
3 min |
November 2020
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Golden Boy
I’d trained Ernest as a therapy dog. He knew how to help others. Now he had to help me
7 min |
November 2020
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Close to My Heart
Let this beloved star of Hallmark holiday movies help you find the spirit of the season
8 min |