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 →]

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By Bev Olson
WA

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My story begins on March 2nd, 1954 with the death of an 8 pound baby boy a few hours after birth in an Air Force Base Hospital in Bitburg, Germany a month after I arrived there to join my husband who was stationed there. My oldest daughter, Janet who was 4 and a half and I had flown there in early February.We named him Dennis James and he was buried in an American section of a cemetery in Frankfurt. [Read more →]

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By Janet Shumway
Las Vegas, NV
www.ajshumway.blogspot.com

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I have been wanting to introduce you to a dear friend of mine for some time now. She means so much to me and even though I have only known her for two short years, she has been such an influence for good in my life. I feel privileged and grateful to have a friend like her and thought you would all benefit from getting to know her better.

The short intro is this: Bev is 80 years old.. She is going to hate that I told you her age, but she should be PROUD of it! She has said herself, “80 is the new 60.” And she is right about that! She is spunky and energetic and fun. She stays in shape with Weight Watchers and her weekly yoga classes. She volunteers at the local hospital. She has an immaculate garden in Spokane, WA. (The hardest thing about leaving Spokane was moving away from Bev –but I couldn’t convince her to move to Vegas!) She is a widow who has been through tremendous heartache in her life. She has lived abroad while her husband served in the Armed Forces. She is a SURVIOR. [Read more →]

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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 →]

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By Bethany Cory
Saratoga Springs, UT
http://thefamilysoup.com/Blog/

Dear Reader,

I am just an ordinary mom. I wash clothes and dishes like everyone else. I monitor homework, pay bills and try to exercise. I tend to cuts and bruises, and I have frequent flier miles at our local pediatrician’s office. I, like you, am an ordinary person doing everyday, ordinary things. So why did I start the Family Soup?

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