<a href="https://www.freepixel.com/images/free-illustration-graphics-a-woman-in-a-red-dress-sits-on-a-stack-of-books-engrossed-in-reading-the-books-are-arranged-in-a-nea-1004508538">"Woman Reading on a Stack of Books"</a> is licensed under <a target="_blank" href="">CC BY </a> Hardship. No one likes it. We try to avoid it by pursuing happiness, stability, and all the wonderful things we hope to gain. Yet, trials inevitably come. They’re part of this wild, amazing, and often g

"Cartoon Hand Drawn Girl Holding Mobile Phone Walking Elements" by PngTree is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Excerpt from Dad, Mom, Me, and Jehovah: Part Two - Chapter 1 When I was twenty-four and Keith twenty-five, we received an unexpected gift—a daughter—who late one evening came into the world wanting not to be whisked away by the nurses but to stay by my side. Swaddled in a white blanket, she was tucked into my hospital bed after Keith left to go home. Outside, fluorescent lig

A box of donuts sits open on the table, and I lick pink glaze from my fingertips as I think about the family who raised me. From the...