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A week after I told my now-fiancée about my mental health diagnoses, he sang me a song titled “My Only Love” by Matt Maher. I fell in love with this song at 14 and prayed my future husband would sing it to me one day. He really emphasized “I will listen to your problems, won’t try… Read More

I’m a first year teacher who finished student teaching during quarantine. My district recently changed from blended to 100% distance learning to start the year, which I believe is the best for health and safety, but I’m worried about starting my career from a distance. I’m also worried… Read More

He didn’t pull this prank, but my now-fiancé jokingly proposed to me multiple times before the real deal. He’ll never stop laughing that when he pulled out the real ring I said “is it real this time??!!!?” before saying “yes!!” 😂

When I was 20 I broke up with a guy that I thought I loved. After he left, I sat crying on a bench outside the book store at the mall. An elderly man walked over, sat down on a chair near me, and handed me a pack of tissues. He told me he didn’t know why I was crying, but it’d be… Read More

I broke my left middle finger when I was 18 by playing one of the semi-embarrassing ice breaker/team building games. I had to be very careful while I was wearing the splint for the next few days! I also sprained my ankle bowling last February. I re-sprained it in May while carrying… Read More

Barcelona. About this time last year I was in Barcelona. ?

Midnight Madness had me terrified for a week straight. I refused to sleep with the lights off and put garlic in little baggies around my (shared) room. Wonder how my older sister liked that!

I work in a music studio, and a few days ago a little girl was singing Let It Go in her lesson. The little boy I was with screamed, covered his ears and yelled "Why would anyone sing that demon song?"

I'm more of a Hufflepuff than Ravenclaw, so does that make me a Huffleclaw?

There is just so much wrong here. A Catholic sister takes vows of chastity, poverty and obedience. By writing a book like this, she is not being obedient to Church doctrine and dogma. Many of her beliefs seem to be Protestant in nature, not Catholic. The LCWR was not criticized for… Read More