One of my prized possessions from junior high is a stapled and taped together plastic sheath full of stubby colored pencils. We could barely afford those colored pencils, but Mom got them…
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My Momma donāt like you ā¦and she likes everyone And I never like to admit that I was wrong But Iāve been so caught up with my job Didnāt see whatās going…
You will never make it past the 8th grade! We think she is bipolar. Wow, Kyiva, I didnāt think you were gonna make it! All these things were said about me or…
I was not allowed to be disappointed when I was a kid. In my family we always had to ālook on the bright sideā and be positive. Maybe it was because my…
Good Friday is the day each year when Christians remember the death of Jesus on the cross. Until I was 18 years old, I did not understand the grief that His death…
Reach UP magazine’s cover art for this issue, Count It All Joy, is a mixed media painting created by Sally Barlow. Sally is visual artist (https://www.sallybarlowart.com), wife to her college sweetheart and…
From time to time, we get articles from women who want to encourage otherswith their story of struggle and recovery. āHope you are encouraged by Jen’sstory. When I heard about the Hoving…
Part 1 Nothing new under the sun, Solomon wrote. Seventy-seven years ago, first love, first date . . . alcohol. She said no, he said yes. She resisted, he insisted. She got…
Christian recording artist Debra Price used to struggle with low self-esteem. Hear how God helped her and the song that God dropped in her heart, called Masterpiece. For we are His workmanship…
I can remember it as if it were yesterday. When I was nine years old, we were evicted from our home. My mother worked two jobs, so she took us to stay…
