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I know what it’s like to sit by the phone and hope that it will ring, to sit on the porch steps and hope that they will stop by. I also know what it’s like to be proposed to, purchase a marriage license, and then have it ripped up in my face! The pain and

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This is a poem I wrote over 13 years ago. I was talking to myself in this poem because that was a way I’d encouraged myself. I pray it encourages someone else today! Day 1 Conversation was perfect, we talked for a while. The things that he said made my heart smile. I found out

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Dear Prudence, I’m 17 years old and my parents divorced when I was 13. My younger siblings (13, 11, 8) and I live with our dad. My mother and I have never gotten along; as a pre-teen, she used to tell me I was fatter than my sister and encouraged me to starve myself, nearing pushing me

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Most women are dying to become wives without ever even reading a book about the role. They want the title but are not willing to do any research or sacrifice any of their “stuff”. I was watching a movie the other day and this woman put her job so high up on the scale of her

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CLICK HERE FOR PART 1 Becoming so comfortable in a relationship with your mate to the point where you are being neglectful is horrible. And being neglected feels worse. But if you never realize these things are taking place then they can’t be fixed and disaster can creep in and destroy everything. If you are

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Have you ever been so comfortable in a chair that you have fallen asleep?  I mean chairs are not for sleeping but for sitting yet, in the right chair you can become so relaxed that you drift away. Not to mention if you are exhausted. As soon as your butt hits the cushion you can

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Your deposits into a friendship do not always yield a return on this side of heaven. Stop expecting a pay back and keeping track! Give out of the kindness of your heart or don’t give at all. If you have poured into a friendship a great deal and you feel slighted, it’s not always because

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If you are desiring or expecting a relationship without downfalls, disappointments, or disasters, you might as well not even get anything started. I’ll save us both some time. I am a flawed individual and there will be disappointments. I do not apologize for being imperfect, that is everyone’s reality. What I will apologize for is offending and falling short. In

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GUEST BLOGGER: Kesha Sylvan Lisa says her husband didn’t stop until he had her heart. Maybe that’s the difference, we do love persistence if we’re a little unsure ourselves (Warning: Men will have to use discernment and instincts here because you don’t wanna mistake a firm no from a woman as your cue to persist because you

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One of the ways that I healed from an emotional unhealthy mindset was listening to messages and mini sermons several days throughout the week. Sunday is a great blessing and all, but when it came to feeding my spirit and renewing my mind I needed more. My favorite place to go on-line and get information

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