marriage
Marriage is not so much a word as it is a sentence–a life sentence.
“A dress for poor people!” my daughter said. But at the party, when I walked in, she fainted...
I spent the entire night sewing my daughter's wedding gown, stitch by painful stitch, without even stopping to rest my eyes. Each needle pass was a memory. Every thread, a promise. The
By Umar Farooq2 months ago in Humans
Into Thin Air
For being a small, timid child, I never backed down from a challenge. Ride my tricycle down the forty-five degree slope of the street we lived on? Two missing teeth, skinned knees for days and a spanking later ( in that famous Sponge Bob French accent)? Challenge accepted.
By Tina D'Angelo2 months ago in Humans
Good Faith in a Bad-Faith World
The Collapse Of Civil Discourse Everywhere you look, conversation is breaking down. Words that once served as bridges are now weapons. People no longer speak to understand; they speak to win. To admit uncertainty is to invite ridicule. To ask a question is to be branded as weak or ignorant.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in Humans
The X and the Treasure
There is a story that exists in almost every culture on earth. It is the story of a map, a mark, and a treasure buried beneath the ground. The map is dismissed as myth, the mark is ignored or defaced, and the treasure waits in silence for the one person patient enough to dig. I have come to see truth the same way.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in Humans
The Restoration of Order
Civilization rises or falls upon one foundation: the moral order that governs the human heart. When truth is exalted, families thrive, justice endures, and love becomes the highest expression of unity under God. When truth is abandoned, chaos fills the vacuum. The world does not collapse from external enemies first. It collapses from within, when its people forget the sacred laws that make harmony possible.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in Humans
About a quarter of pregnant women in the US don’t get prenatal care in their first trimester, report says
A few ladies surge to their specialist fair days after getting a positive pregnant test, but Dr. L. Delight Bread cook said she frequently sees patients for the to begin with time fair weeks or indeed days some time recently they deliver birth.
By The Academy Awards2 months ago in Humans
The Marriage Built On Assignment.
There comes a point in a life when the heart finally grows still enough to hear its own truth. Mine arrived quietly yet deeply, and it changed the way I see marriage. I once believed that love was the foundation for a home. I believed the warmth of feeling would be enough to sustain two people through the storms that come. Yet time has a way of revealing what emotion alone cannot hold. As I look back at moments I once labeled as love I see a different story. There was a slow dissolving of self. There was bending to please someone who did not carry the blueprint of my life. There was a quiet grieving for the parts of me that slipped away while I called the experience love.
By Cathy (Christine Acheini) Ben-Ameh.2 months ago in Humans
Roughly 75% of your brain is water. AI-Generated.
The Brain's Hidden Hydration: Understanding Why Roughly 75% of Your Brain is Water Imagine your brain as a busy computer. It hums along with circuits firing non-stop. But without the right coolant, it overheats and crashes. That coolant? It's water. Your brain relies on it more than you think.
By Story silver book 2 months ago in Humans
Return to Self
Do you know who you are? I think I am finally figuring out who I am again. Under the layers of ego and logic that I project to the world, the real core id entity that is me. Don't get me wrong, I don't intend to become driven by my id. But everyone should be able to find theirs in the sea of somethings that is the self, and I lost track of mine for a while. It's one thing to not know what you want; it's quite another to not know if you can want anything anymore. One of those things is definitely scary, but the other is existentially terrifying.
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist2 months ago in Humans
How the 7 Stages of Emotional Affairs Pull You In
Emotional affairs rarely begin with an obvious intention to betray. They develop quietly, weaving themselves into daily life until the emotional connection with someone outside the relationship becomes deeper, more intimate, and more fulfilling than the one at home. We look at how these small changes can turn into strong emotional bonds on our Bloom Boldly platform. Here, we break down the 7 stages of emotional affairs—how they start, how they escalate, and why they’re so difficult to pull away from once you’re inside their emotional grip.
By Bloom Boldly2 months ago in Humans
Laila and Majnoon
The Love That Refused to Die Long ago, in the wide and whispering deserts of Arabia, lived a young man named Qais. He belonged to a respected tribe, but he was known not for his strength or wealth—he was known for his heart. Qais had a rare gift for poetry, a softness that made him see beauty in every corner of the world. To him, the desert was never empty; it breathed, it sang, it carried secrets.
By Wings of Time 2 months ago in Humans
