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I live in Western Michigan. I am married with four children of my own and one stepdaughter.

I love to write, listen to music and have recently become a member of the Creative Arts Team at my church. I've written several scripts for dramas used during Sunday

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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Experiencing nature: 3 of 44

Years ago when my four children were young we lived in the mountains of Northern California. We lived in a 40+ year old cabin my then husband's grandfather had built. We moved into the cabin because my husband was a drug addict and we could find no other place to live we could afford. When we first moved to Omo Ranch, I thou...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Heartbreak: 2 of 25

I vividly remember the night Matt and Sarah brought Kellen home from the hospital, from the first moment I held my little Kissy Face, the bond was formed. He smiled at me and I was completely in love with the little guy. I was blessed to be able to spend the first couple weeks of his life with him, and several week...
Politics, News & Issues > Constitutional & Contract Law Should a woman have the right to choose abortion?: 23 of 215

I have yet to figure out why the law will charge someone who kills a woman and her unborn child with two counts of murder, yet if the woman herself chooses to kill the child within her it is considered her right. Or better yet, a woman who is pregnant can be arrested for endangerment of a child if she is using drugs or abusi...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Is Jesus the only way of salvation?: 9 of 79

Jesus Christ came to create a bridge between us and a Holy God. Making it possible for us to receive the promises in the word of God into our lives. Without Jesus we could not have that personal relationship with a Holy God because we in ourselves can never be holy or good enough. But God sees us through the blood of h...
Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Insights Is mind-reading real or fake?: 3 of 26

Is mind reading real or fake? You would think that should be an easy question to answer one way or the other, however for me it’s not. Let me explain. I voted fake for two reasons, one there are those who appear to be reading the mind but are actually just acutely observant, having learned to read a person's facial exp...
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Lessons people can learn from making mistakes: 1 of 8

The biggest lesson people can learn from making mistakes is we all do make mistakes. Making mistakes is part of being a human being. It's OK to make mistakes because through them we, hopefully, learn and grow as people. Sometimes people will continue to make the same mistakes over and over, but only because they have not lea...
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Should the Muslim Brotherhood be a part of the new Egyptian government?: 1 of 6

If the Egyptian people truly want a democracy, a government for the people and by the people, the last organization that should be a part of that government is the Muslim Brotherhood! The Muslim Brotherhood is the organization that gave birth to the Hamas as well as al Qaeda, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and the Palestinian Islam...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Marriage: Believers and non believers: 1 of 4

From personal experience I can say a believer should not marry a non believer, especially if you think by doing so you can change the person you are marrying. There is a distinct reason the Lord told his people not to marry outside their faith. For Israel it was because He knew by doing so they would end up disobeying the co...
Society & Lifestyle > African & Middle Eastern Culture The fairness of profiling Arabs based on their last name and ethnicity: 1 of 4

Profiling has absolutely nothing to do with racism. It is a necessary tool used by law enforcement to not only catch terrorist, but aide in stopping future attacks, foreign and domestic. In a country such as America were we have a vastly diverse population, some of whom have a goal of bringing chaos and destruction to the Am...
Religion & Spirituality > Heaven, Hell & Afterlife Can you get to heaven by being good?: 34 of 108

If a person could get to heaven by being good, then Jesus went through beatings and crucification for nothing. The whole reason Jesus was born is because it is not possible for us to be good -good according to God's standard not ours. The reason we have this ongoing debate of whether or not you can get to heaven by being "go...