Entries Tagged as 'Money'

Why are you a mom?

This post is a response from a survey I sent out on motherhood (See Intro)

My Thoughts on Motherhood…

by Julie Lemke

1. Why did you decide to become a mom? Did pressure or guilt play a role in your decision to become a mom? How did you deal with it?

I’ve always wanted to be a mom. I also wanted to go to law school & had already done well on the Law School Admissions Test when I became engaged [Read more →]

Perfect Perfectionism

By Bethany Cory

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(Note-  This week, the story I am choosing to share is one that I will be relating on behalf of a family member. As of today, this particular family member’s experience is still too difficult for her to write about personally, though she did attempt it. And so I will be sharing with you her voice in this article through my own words, with her permission. I will refer to her as ‘Jamie’).

Jamie is a beautiful, gorgeous girl. She is bright, talented, smart, funny, and kind.  [Read more →]

The Wedding Dress

By Rebecca McFadden
Nashua, NH
http://mcfaddenfamily-becca.blogspot.com/
beccamcfadden@comcast.net

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The coolest experience I have ever had was the experience of my wedding dress. If you have a minute, I will share it. It is a most special description of the hand of the Lord in our lives!

My husband of three years had sold pest control and managed a team in the summer of 1998. The company he had worked for had gone into bankruptcy so they couldn’t pay us 2/3 of our wages that next fall. With an 18 month old daughter (Emilee), college tuition and costs on our meager plates, and nothing to spare, we felt the crunch! We were trying to figure out how to come up with the $385.00 needed for our rent that month! [Read more →]