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Apr 2, 2017
3 min

On Your Knees

I have been married for 28 years. In those 28 years we’ve been closest of friends and worst enemies. We’ve held each other and cried and...

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Jasmine Ray-Symms

Feb 10, 2017
3 min

Walk a mile in my shoes

I get up in the morning more tired than when I went to bed the night before. I go about my daily routine without thinking - the heaviness...

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Jasmine Ray-Symms

Feb 7, 2017
2 min

FIGHT!

This is written for those in pain, discouraged, lonely and afraid. This is not a call to violence, it is a call to love yourself enough...

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Jasmine Ray-Symms

Feb 4, 2017
4 min

Boundaries

Have you ever read a book that changed your life? I have several that I read at just the right time with the message I needed right at...

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Jasmine Ray-Symms

Jan 16, 2017
4 min

Do You Want More?

It is so hard when you’re depressed, it is so hard when you are discouraged, to get out of the “mud”. You get stuck in the pain you’re...

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Jasmine Ray-Symms

Jan 1, 2017
2 min

2017, Bring It On!

A new year, a new start, so much potential lying ahead and yet, I wonder, will this year be better than the last? Twenty years ago, when...

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Jasmine Ray-Symms

Dec 22, 2016
3 min

After the Longest Night

Last night I went to a “Longest Night” service at my church. Held on the longest night of the year, just a few days before Christmas -...

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Jasmine Ray-Symms

Dec 4, 2016
4 min

Surviving the Holidays

It’s that time of year again: time with family, shopping for gifts, parties, travel, food. Some of you read that sentence with a smile on...

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Jasmine Ray-Symms

Nov 21, 2016
3 min

There is Hope

Life is hard, life is discouraging, but life is also a blessing. Whatever you are going through can be faced and triumphed over. I...

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Jasmine Ray-Symms

Nov 8, 2016
6 min

You're Not Alone

Support is one of those things everyone needs but not everyone has. It’s hard battling life alone. I’ve had people not want to be my...

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Jasmine Ray-Symms

Nov 4, 2016
5 min

Baby Steps

Being sick is miserable. Being in pain, being lonely, being sad – we wouldn’t choose these states. We want to be happy and healthy but...

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