A Guide To Women's Issues
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I recently did an Instagram Live with two women who are both caregivers to their husbands (they are also guest writers on The Graceful Boon) for different reasons. We had wonderful conversations together. We talked about our respective husbands, how many couple don’t the vows, ‘For better and worse; in sickness and in health,’ seriously, …
Story By: Meriam Boldewijn If you had asked me 20 years ago if it was possible to live a balanced life while caring for others, I would have said NO WAY! I had to learn my lessons the hard way. I didn’t how to reduce stress and let go of the guilt and shame that …
Story By: Meriam Boldewijn What most people know about me is that I love traveling and that I was the owner of a web shop in exclusive clothing for full-figured women. I’m still blown away that I have been able to give so many full-figured women more confidence, let them see the beauty in themselves …
Story By: Ashley Jackson In March 2020, my husband, Troy was pronounced cancer free, and we were so overjoyed. After battling for almost three years, we finally got the miracle that we had prayed for so long. Even Troy’s doctors were so happy with the results and his will to keep fighting! God was showing …
Story By: Ashley Jackson I will never forget March 28, 2017, when the doctor told us that my fiancé, Troy, had Stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal cavity. Oh, and by the way, it was a rare type of cancer with a 35% survival rate. We were devastated, especially because Troy just proposed …
Story By: Ashley Jackson Dear Cancer, Why did you enter my life? You turned it upside down and inside out. Why did you pick my loved one? Making him hurt so much and I wish I could take the pain away from him. Why did you change the course of our lives? We just got …
Betty White lived to be 99 years old, and was just 17 days away from turning 100 before she passed away on New Year’s Eve 2021. Of course, she died at an old age, but her longevity made people like me believe she’d live forever and ever. She was witty, funny, and full of charm …
Story By: Candace-Anne Katherine Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives” ___Aksahy Dubey Quote My 30’s were the least enjoyable of my time here on earth – not like a year – but the whole freaking decade. It was a time full of darkness & profound …
Story By: Michelle Reittinger Choose Your Hard! “Choose your hard” has become a mantra for me over the past decade as I have gradually learned how to live well with bipolar disorder. It has been one of the most important insights into what it takes to live a healthy, balanced, productive life. It has also …
A friend of mine recently messaged me to ask for some advice on a dilemma she was having. She had a friend who was in a tricky situation, and my friend wanted to get some advice from on what advice she should give to her friend. Her inquest went something like this: “I have a …