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  • What is resiliency?

    Today, resiliency is five families coming together for vacation as my mother-in-law battles terminal cancer.

  • The hardest months of my life

    I couldn’t believe my husband was about to leave. We were 19 years old, recently married, and had just moved to California. It was hard leaving my parents, but with him by my side, I was optimistic. But there I stood, waiting to say goodbye to my best friend for seven months.