by Terry Arnold | Mar 1, 2026 | Family Vol 3, Issue 1, Hope Stories Vol 3, Issue 1
Some of the most important changes in my life have arrived quietly. The last several months have been emotional ones, though I have not had much time to sit inside those emotions. Life has been busy in a way that feels meaningful and strangely peaceful. There has been...
by Terry Arnold | Nov 26, 2025 | Family Vol 2, Issue 3
When my daughter was five, we went to our neighborhood resale shop. A large bin overflowed with stuffed animals, and she immediately spotted a well-loved brown teddy bear with a red bow tie. “Mr. Beary!” she exclaimed. It was love at first sight—and the deal was done....
by Terry Arnold | May 29, 2025 | Family Vol 2 Issue 2, Relationships Vol 2, Issue 2
As I’ve grown older—and hopefully wiser, thanks to years of living and learning—young people often ask me: What have you learned? And while I’m still learning every day, I’d like to share a story from a recent experience. It’s something that’s made me think...
by Joanna Walters | May 28, 2025 | Family Vol 2 Issue 2, Mind & Body Vol 2, Issue 2
It had been only two hours since my midwife appointment, where I had asked about the strange rash and lump that had appeared. I was with a primary care physician being introduced to inflammatory breast cancer, a distant foreign concept. I had never heard of breast...
by Shanda | Feb 5, 2025 | Family, Family Vol. 2, No 1
I was living my best life—36 years old, married to a great guy, a homeowner, and a mother to two beautiful girls, ages 8 and 4. Then, BOOM. We got hit with a hurricane of sorts. In December 2015, I woke up one morning to find my left breast swollen. It wasn’t painful,...
by Eva | May 29, 2024 | Family, Hope Stories
Five years ago, I was diagnosed with stage 3 inflammatory breast cancer at the age of 36. I was a busy working seemingly healthy mom of two and suddenly I was a cancer patient. I hated taking something for a headache and here I was facing chemotherapy. I would...
