Enjoy this Devotional by FlourishWriters Student Yvette Allen “Go to the hospital immediately!” she urged. “This could become dangerous, fast.”  I stared at my doctor in disbelief, my eyes welling with tears. My spirit sank with the weight of her words. My daughter, my only child, was about to graduate high school and leave home for university. It was a…
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Enjoy this Devotional by FlourishWriters Student Katy Parker Arriving for my induction session at the gym, I felt a bit nervous. After all, I hadn’t been to the gym since my accident over a year ago. As I walked in, I swiftly heard a voice calling my name from the corner. “Katy?”  “Yes, hello,” I answered, turning my head toward…
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Enjoy this Devotional by FlourishWriters Student Ruth Gardner Woods Potholes are not supposed to eat shoes, but this one did. It was the most unusual thing. My day was going along like every other school day. I dutifully lined up with all the other second graders preparing to leave the freedom of the playground and mournfully return to the rigors…
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Enjoy this Devotional by FlourishWriters Student Almira Robinson Who knew that twelve simple words from a Sunday school song would save my life on one dark night?  Because I had no white blood count after rounds of intense and grueling high-dose chemotherapy, I was in the hospital in agonizing pain from a severe infection. Doctors put me in a vacant,…
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Enjoy this Devotional by FlourishWriters Student Anna Gibson “Count it all joy,” I mutter under my breath, coaxing Daisy the Labrador out our door onto the early morning lawn. A spring breeze refreshes my face. A mockingbird razzes, foreshadowing trouble ahead.  “Come on, Good Girl, we can do this!” I urge as she pauses to sniff a bush. Have you…
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