He promised to be true to her forever...but that only lasted a few years. A person can seem trustworthy and upright on the outside while inside, they're and empty or rotten. 

Cheri's mother loved her teacups. She also loved Cheri, although her own brokenness kept her from communicating that love to her daughter.

What's the connection between your dreams and how you spend your time? 

Many of us first realize how different we are from one another when first living with a roommate or a spouse. It's a quick jump from "Well, that's different..." to "Your way is wrong!"

Nothing shows you quite how temporary a material possession is... like having small children around! Sometimes it can feel like our children are drawn to our most precious and prized possessions. Inevitably, many end up cracked, stained, or broken after unsteady little hands have handled them. One mom was holding a brand new, beautiful pottery bowl when her son's tennis ball flew through the air, shattering it. Torn between laughing and crying, she concluded, "This is why we can't have nice things!"

No one wants to think that his or her life was wasted. But that's what happened to Finnur Magnusson.

In 1966, a famous western publication asked, "Is God Dead?"[1] The magazine article concluded that that the answer was, yes...but God apparently didn't get the news.

Think back to your school days, out on the playground. Did you ever experienced being picked first for a sport team? 

Shared loss powerfully connects people, but we don't all have the same capacity to process deep loss.

When a best friend turns on you, it's one of the most painful things in life. How do you respond when you're wronged and worse...slandered?