Families that adopt give from the heart, even though they have no biological connection to the child. But sometimes they’re reluctant to tell an adopted child about the life she […]
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Read MoreThriving Despite the Odds Ever wondered what words sound like to those who cannot hear them? I began to get a clue with Claudia Marseille’s description when she said, “My […]
Read More“Soon, Watchfire was struggling up each oncoming wave and plunging down the other side, only to head up again, moving forward but seemingly going nowhere. It was as if something […]
Read MoreIrony has a way of sometimes completely changing one’s trajectory. It was ironic that author Janice Post-White found herself deeply connected to cancer when Brennan, her four-year-old son, was diagnosed […]
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