Mirror Mirror on the Wall

What do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you really know who you are?  Perhaps you have been walking through life with your head down and your tail tucked because you’re carrying guilt and shame from your past. Guilt and shame from things you have done. Guilt and shame from what others have done to you. You’re condemning yourself and you’re allowing the enemy of your soul and the wicked whispers of others to condemn you.  And the lens your children learn to see themselves through will most likely be the lens you look through when you see yourself. The lens your children learn to …

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Wearing White In The Everyday

I never got to wear a real wedding dress. Instead, three weeks after my 18th birthday, I walked down the aisle resembling a big piece of pink cotton candy with a rain coat. I was seven months pregnant with the groom’s child. Each step was supposed to be joyful. Instead, I remember vividly how ashamed I was. As I looked at my friends and family dressed in T-shirts and jeans, I remember the wedding of my childhood dreams. I wanted to be wearing a big stark white, ball gown princess dress. My hair up in a knot with ringlets of …

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