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Lacy is a wife, a mother of three, a step mother of two, and a grandmother of three beautiful grand-daughters and one gorgeous grandson.

She is a returning college student after 25 years of graduating high school. She just completed her Bachelor's Degree

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Health & Fitness > Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Disorder: Overview: 1 of 13

Bipolar disease is a mood disorder that plagues about 2 out of every 100 people. It is a major psychiatric illness. This disease begins around puberty, in the late teens or early 20's. Bipolar is so named because the moods swing between manias which are an abnormal elevated high, to sometimes very severe depression. Bipolar ...
Relationships & Family > Dating Psychology Teen advice: How to tell if you're "boy crazy": 1 of 12

Boy crazy meant there was always a boy on my mind; always. And it didn't matter who. I fell for any boy who showed me interest. I found a good quality in every boy who came my way. Boy crazy meant I was crazy about boys. Every other week I was ranting to my mom about how much in love I was with so and so and all she could sa...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Defining Christian faith: 7 of 69

Faith believes in something before it is actually seen. To have faith is to be confident that God is doing big things even when we can't see the manifestations of His work. Faith is hope. Not a hope that says maybe something will happen. Faith is a hope that believes it definitely will. We are told in the Word of God to than...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Living with sexual addiction: 1 of 9

My friend Jim had a number of extra marital affairs. He blamed his lack of self control on his rock cocaine addiction and his alcoholism. He told me when he drank and used drugs, he looked for sex. He craved it. He said he wasn't proud of what he did, but was glad today to be sober and self controlled. God had delivered him ...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Drunk diaries: Stories from the pub: 2 of 15

Story #1 When I think about some of the things I did when I was drunk, I get very embarrassed. I thought I was so funny all the time. But when I woke up the next morning and realized how not funny I was I wanted to dig a hole and hide in it. I remember when my first husband left me. My sister thought it would be fun for us t...
Health & Fitness > Depression Links between alcohol and depression: 2 of 15

When I was a teenager I suffered from depression. I knew something was wrong with me because I never felt well. I could not deal with my feelings. I hated how I felt. Most of the time I wasn't even sure what I felt. I just knew I felt uncomfortable most of the time. I found out at a young age the alcohol was a perfect remdy ...
Health & Fitness > Brain & Nerve Conditions What is Huntington's disease: 1 of 7

Huntington's disease is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder which inevitably leads to death. It is devastating to the patient as well as the family and friends. The brain starts to degenerate slowly diminishing the patients ability to talk, think, walk or reason. It is a vicious disease with many destructive symptoms and...
Religion & Spirituality > Christianity (Other) Testimonies: Healing by faith: 1 of 7

A few years ago I attended a women's Christian retreat with a friend of mine from Church. The retreat was located at a conference center in Big Bear, California up in the beautiful snowy mountains. The fresh winter air and a few days away from my husband and children was just what the doctor ordered. Snow covered the ground ...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Teens The perils of teenage drinking: 1 of 7

During the summer of 78, when I was 15, I went to Catalina Island with a group of friends from school. I had just returned from a week at church camp and had rededicated my life to Christ. I promised God that I would quit drinking and smoking pot and I prayed fervently that God would help me get through the weekend on the is...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture The benefits of Christian counseling for teens: 1 of 6

Teenage years present some of the most crucial in building character and self esteem, yet these same years bring with them troubling times and depression. Biblical counseling offers teenagers a little bit of hope from a loving God who can and will deliver them from their pain. The following steps in the Biblical counseling p...