I always feel funny saying "life is hard." I've never been a fan of stating the obvious. But my recent pain and vulnerability has left me with only those words to utter. They're the only words I could use to describe the right-now moment I'm experiencing.  Life is flippin' hard.  Right now.   Because despite how I feel and what I'm experiencing, I...

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You ever get a vision or thought about where your life's supposed to go, but wasn't sure where you got it? Not sure where it came from, but it looked more admirable than anything your thoughts could ever conceive? She didn't know why or how, but she was confident in what she heard. She needn't ask, only obey.  That was Mary. When she...

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Love is a beautiful thing. You've heard it time and time again. Your heart flutters and it excites you to wake up every morning. You long for the evenings you can fall asleep in his arms, and wake up to the smell of his cologne. It's beautiful, it's exciting, it's emotionally gratifying. We long for it, thirst for it and fight for it....

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Seven years is a long time. It was the last time I saw her. I remember running through campus to find my sorority's rush flyer posted in a random hall. We snatched it down and ran back to our dorm. She knew I was an interest, and she was determined to do all she could to help me make it through. Just like...

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