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42 personal essays on love, loss, family, faith and the quiet moments that change a life.
42 essays
I Found a Way to Help My Veteran Husband With PTSD
When my husband was invalided home, he shuffled through each day like a man already defeated. His mood was as dark as the grave, his face worn beyond…
Now I Know It Was Love at First Sight. I Had It, and I Lost It.
Rough creatures cannot be fit for this emotion. Rejoice at being exquisite, gentle and beautiful. Do you want to know more about it? Let me postpone the explanation…
Struggles of a Marriage With a Special Needs Child
Mycousin Sveta and her husband Kostya loved each other very much. The history of their relationship was simple and unpretentious. They met at the birthday of a common…
My First Encounter With Death and How My Mom Explained It To Me
My mother and I approach the house in silence. Her sharp movements, the way she opens the door loudly ringing her keys, her strained back — this all…
My Brother Died Young, But Left Me A Legacy
I was armed at all points. It was a pleasure to be so completely equipped for the life battle with my gratitude weapons being polished steel.
Guilt Condemned Me to Sleeplessness
I suffered from sleeplessness and profound distress. My life hung limply over my shoulders, my eyes were red with reading and exhaustion, my face was wet with tears…
After Baby Stretch Marks Make the Most Beautiful Tattoo
Although I used expensive lotion and reasonable moisturizer, I could see neither rhyme nor reason in it after reading scientific articles about the genes and inevitability of stretch…
The Art of Promising Nothing and Getting No One Upset
Recognize your own capacity and feel the paternal protectiveness of hesitative “I don’t know,” “I cannot promise,” and straightforward “No” that makes you the master of your life.
How Death Heightens All Memories and Dissolves All Painful Recollections
Your memory works as a beads-picking-hand, gathering unselfish crystals of loving caresses, kind words, beautiful feelings, uplifting emotions, happy tears; and missing the ugly stones of little silences,…
Love Beyond Fireworks
He was a forest, immeasurable, pathless, and enchanted. He was luring me to a lifelong adventure. Being close to this person made me feel intoxicated with passionate joy.…
The Edge of Despair
Gven endured long and severe emotional hardships. The marks of suffering were imprinted on her whole being. Extremely lean, she seemed all bones and nerves, as if the…
The Walls Are Never a Prison
The whole house was asleep. The clock had long passed midnight, but my lamp still threw its little circle of warm light upon the blank page waiting patiently…
Rearrange in Your Fashion the Person You Love. Mistake That Costs You Your Happiness
We almost lost our marriage trying to change each other. Ironically, the moment we stopped forcing change was the moment everything began to change.
She Hated Me Because I Wouldn’t Hate Her
Her boyfriend falling in love with me was the last link that held back her devilish hatred.
A Skeleton in My Family’s Cupboard Is a Skeleton of a Dog
This story begins in a sheepfold — it associates with kids — gropes its way through dreadful life mutilation, and stops where only death reigns.
Chronicles of a Hospice Nurse: Life Lessons Learned the Hard Way
Many people strive for material advantages of this world with more love of display than good, kind inclinations. The riches may literally vanish into the thin air and…
The Things Fire Could Not Take
Material advantages of fortune are lost amid the true treasures of sincere affection. Loving people can lend fresh vigor to your life.
The Boy Who Believed a Fortune Teller
Even a faint glimmering of love changes the way a person feels. The coming day seems brighter, any gloom is relieved with the warmth of sincere affection. With…
A Beast Bit My Face and Changed Me For the Better
To think of each other and not of oneself is a virtue of a noble soul. It is the benevolent nobility of a caring and truly loving person.…
Become a Sweet Killer Each Time You Converse With a Person
Your vitality and easy confidence of manner flourish when you add to your skillset an ability to attract people. This is a learned art and everyone can master…
The Warmest Winter
A child’s nature is sensitive to every little prick in family life. The only trusty guides kids have are their parents.
She Survived Genocide and Returned Home to Heal Others
“Every day is like putting Humpty Dumpty back together again,” she says. “I begin my harum-scarum day and see the transformation, one person at a time.”
My Struggle With Hatred After My Boyfriend Was Killed
Time spent on hope, faith, and charity without losing in the least on aggressive emotions is increasing, rejuvenating, endless and gratifying.
She Got Her Back Broken to Realize She Was Happy
Lend yourself to a sport of your choice with no regret for the brake if you need one.
The Water Between Us
Being the most common substance on Earth, water drives us to our wits’ end by acting as a ‘leader’ of our lives.
The Mountain That Healed a Broken Soldier
He was not yet past 36. The horrors of the war left no trace of the memory of a happier existence. These marks of cruelty and anger buried…
How My Cousin’s Self-Compassion Helped Him Recover From Drug Addiction
Self-compassion is an irradiation personified, which lights up your entire being with positive emotions.
Beyond the Reach of Pain
T. was a generous spirit. He had all the illumination of wisdom, and yet he was distressfully dying. I was touched with wonder at the depths of perception…
Self-Competition Is a Gambit in a Self-Development Game
The winter of 2017 was the toughest in V.’s life. She lost her father (her mom died two years prior) and being the only child, she was now…
The Book Club That Almost Buried My First Book
Do not be a loose thinker, recognize when you’re being drained by an energy vampire, do not let yourself be filled with anxiety.
A Widowed Father’s Greatest Fear
“Understanding, that worrying was draining and unreasonable arrives in course of time,” said U. sitting himself with the air of a stranger.
The Bench Among the Sunflowers
It is vital to know the difference between loneliness that feels draining, distractive, and upsetting; and desired solitude.
I Found 7 Profound Reasons to Be Patient, and It Saved My Family
Keeping the kids nice and neat, the house cozy and welcoming, the food tasty and nourishing—I reduced my restful, sleeping hours to about four a day, comforting myself…
How Backbiting and Gossiping Ruined My Happiness
Thrive and prosper under the united care of your intuitive mind and soul. Listen attentively to what you feel and act accordingly.
My Father Died From Cancer, and It Taught My Mother to Write
To find an antidote to painful emotions is essential. Grief, when left alone, may carry you away against any reason and will.
The Wheelchair That Carried Him Back to Life
A weak, thin, and pallid face was looking at him from the multi-squared mirror lights of the hospital ceiling. Outside the window strangers in and out, smiling and…
In a Field of Battle With Regret, You Must Either Slay or Be Slain
A positive view on days-by-gone creates a profusion of loving energy that motivates a person in his life.
Kyrgyzstan — Where Reigns a Policy of Intoxicating Delight
True friendship excels in its meaning when you recollect hospitality of Kyrgyz People.
Enrich Your Sense of Beauty. Triumph Over Any Fashion
A woman dressed in confidence and love is always elegant.
Beauty Begins the Moment You Believe It
You are precious, beautiful, benevolent.
The Train Compartment
Let love be your faithful guardian that keeps close watch and prevents you from taking a negative feeling into your life.
Kidnapping Can Cast Down for Sure. But Can It Elevate?
Here is a conundrum indeed! How soon can you solve it? My object in parading this private affair before the reader is to commemorate the remarkable series of…
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