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If I Befriend My Enemy
As long as I’ve been alive, he’s been there. Dreadful, ghastly little creature, following me through years and inside of days, like a shadow I can never part from. Oh heavens, how I…
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12 Ways to Entertain Yourself at Home
Number One: Take a walk and think of ten ingenious ways one could deny a proposal from Mr. Collins. Number Two: Hunt down an old book and spend more time smelling the pages…
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Trusting God Through COVID-19
The world as we know it has jolted us, rocked us in a cradle of change. One minute everything was comfortable, easy, ordinary. The next thing we knew, a worldwide epidemic was affecting…
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How to Recognize a Mr. Wickham
Oh foolish ladies that we are! How quickly and easily we assess a man’s character and crown him with virtues and honors far above his true nature! So you know this guy, you…
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All Those Christmas Traditions
We so often associate Christmas with Santa Claus and decorated evergreens and red-and-white candy canes. Every year, as December rolls along, we begin to prepare for the season. We get out our Christmas…
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12 Ways to Fail as a Writer
If you should like to spend hours upon countless hours writing a manuscript no one will ever touch, printing a book no one will ever desire to read, or building a career that…
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A Thought on Life
Man can never derive contentment from what others give him. He can never be truly satisfied by the praise of mortal lips, or the caress of loving hand. There is nothing that can…
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I’m Falling in Love with a Stranger
“There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.” “A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” Jane Austen I have never met him. I…
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To Be a Lady
What designs a lady? Could it be morals? Monetary possession? Style? Beauty? Perhaps. Who am I to say? Only the more I think, the more I wonder. What makes a lady? What truly, truly fashions her…