As a child in a homeless family, Diana used to dream about escaping the miserable circumstances that life had dealt her. Amazingly, one day she discovered an escape. But it didn’t occur the way she expected. Although her circumstances didn’t change, she learned how to see things differently. Diana tells her story of hope which […]

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His words broke the silence. While I worked at my computer, my husband walked into the sunroom. After gazing out of the window for a few moments, he turned and said, “Pamela, if I could spend the last day of my life with any one in the entire world, I would choose to spend it […]

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Although my printer sent me the wrong painting by mistake, a reproduction of my painting now hangs in the dining room of a woman that I met through the Internet.
Visit the Persevere blog to find out how my new friend, Lori, ended up with the painting.

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Jia’s contentment touched everyone. As we said “good-bye” to our guests, I thought about the six children, two of my own, three of my friends, and Jia (not her real name) another friend’s child that had tagged along.
While anticipating the arrival of our guests, our boys were bursting with excitement. However, their initial enthusiasm […]

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“In the water, some of the kids tensed up. Because they had never been swimming, they didn’t know how to relax,” Mike said. “At times, I didn’t know which was worse: catching our breath after the waves crashed over our heads or the kids squeezing or crushing my hands in fear as […]

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