Relationships & Family

Playwright Finds Hope and Healing After Abuse

batch — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:05:05 -0500

A victim of domestic violence is hoping to bring her message of faith and hope to audiences, after writing a play about her experience.

Carolyn Louise Herring Moore told American Forces Press Service that her play, Women Shoptalk While Real Men Wait, tells the story of her 10-year relationship with an abusive and controlling man.

The Healing

jbloustein — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:18:57 -0500

One phone call.

No doubt you’ve heard those overnight success stories—the actor getting the breakthrough part, the struggling musician whose song everyone is suddenly talking about.

The book I’ve written, The Shack, has proved to be hugely successful in ways that I couldn’t possibly have imagined.

But the phone call that got it all started was something that threw my ordered world—what I desperately wanted people to believe was ordered—into pain and chaos long before I ever put pen to paper.

Jilted Bride Uses Wedding Resources to Lift Others' Spirits

batch — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:05:08 -0600

When some are in the face of personal turmoil, it can be easy to shut the world out and dwell on misery, but Teanne Harris did something that is inspiring people across the country.

The New York Daily News reports that Harris was gearing up for her wedding over the Halloween weekend only to have her fiancé get cold feet and cancel at the last minute. On top of this, Harris found out that it was too late to refund her deposit for the catering hall for her reception.

Together, Sisters Have Been Married 140 Years

batch — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:05:08 -0600

Seventy years of wedded bliss is enough of an achievement to warrant a grand commemoration, but having your sister celebrating alongside you must make it even better.

British sisters Doris and Margaret Wiles recently marked the milestone of a combined total of 140 years of marriage. The pair had a double wedding in Manchester, England on October 21, 1939.

Doris, 92, told the Daily Telegraph that their nuptials took place just a few weeks after Britain declared war on Germany. They put their plans together in haste due to their fears about the war.

Expert Gives Tips for Coping with Job Loss

batch — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:05:11 -0500

The unexpected loss of a job is never easy, but there are ways of minimizing stress as you deal with this significant life change.

Nancy K. Schlossberg, a professor emerita at the University of Maryland-College Park, advises the newly unemployed to begin by thinking positive.