The product of Jesus’ first miracle has caused problems from His time to ours. What started as a few sips of wine became, for me, a serious alcohol addiction. The story behind my drinking goes... Read more >>

Many women will be able to relate to Brenda Wilhelmson‘s story. She was mom, wife and employee trying to do everything perfectly, but in reality she was over-worked, stressed-out, lonely and... Read more >>

Author of Recovering Me, Discovering Joy: Uplifting Wisdom for Everyday Greatness, Vivian Eisenecher has been an inspirational speaker, mentor and writer since 1996. Using her experience,... Read more >>

Adultery and alcoholism are the ostensible major causes of divorce. The worldwide increase in divorce is impacting children, the financial status of women, the marriage rate, and the labor force as... Read more >>

Alcoholism. It is both sneaky and slow moving, creeping up ever so slightly. Going almost unnoticed this illness spends its day happily nibbling away at emotional and physical... Read more >>

The sun shone down on us like a happy, kind grandmother watching her children’s children demonstrating all of the exuberant energy she once had when she was their age. The heavy, thick rope was... Read more >>

Seven months after giving birth to my daughter, her father walked out the door. Now that my daughter is nine, she has asked me a bit about her dad (although not as much as I’d anticipated).... Read more >>

The moment I looked into my child's eyes, my breath escaped me. His fingers—perfect and all accounted for. His toes—so adorable, pudgy little extensions protruding from his chubby... Read more >>

I’ve had what you can call an up-and-down, all-or-nothing life. In childhood I would often stay home to avoid school and the kids there who I never quite fit in with. In my teens, I was severely... Read more >>

I was brought up and raised to believe that being a woman that my role in life was to get married as soon as possible and have children. I married at the age of fifteen and miscarried my first baby by... Read more >>