All Real life articles – Page 6
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OpinionWhen my Dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s I was devastated… but something helped
Misty always had a close relationship with her parents and recalls many heartwarming family memories throughout her lifetime, particularly with her father Bill, who was both her “tutor and superhero”. But when Bill was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and Lewy Body dementia in 2016, Misty knew it was her turn to help take care of the man who made her who she is today.
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ArticleWaiting for love
Jemimah Wright met and married her husband in six months, after years of waiting, aged 44.
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ArticleFrom suicidal to life coach
Elizabeth Elliot, 74, shares her story of God’s healing from an emotional breakdown.
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OpinionThis Father’s Day we reflect on what our dads (both Earthly and in heaven) have taught us
Woman Alive writers reflect on what they have learned from their fathers.
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OpinionI gave my daughter a kidney, then she died, but this is what God showed me
Author of Hand Stretched Across the Void, June Whitehouse, tells of God’s goodness in the face of huge family hardship.
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ArticleWe sold everything to live on a boat
Melanie Gush tells her story of adventure with God: selling her family’s home to move on a boat with her husband and three teenage girls
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ArticleSlowing down can help to change the course of the climate crisis
Environmental campaigner Hannah Eves is the policy coordinator for A Rocha UK, Britain’s only Christian conservation charity. Here she shares her belief that we are intimately connected with God, his earth and each other
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ArticleSuffering is a natural part of life
As well as sharing her passion for writing, WA’s much-loved Veronica Zundel talks honestly about the deep valleys in her life – including her brother’s death, caring for a child with special needs and facing cancer twice
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ArticleMy husband was addicted to porn for 20 years
My husband lied to me for 20 years but God told me to give him another chance
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ArticleLandscape Artist of the Year says, ‘I feel truly alive when I paint’
Susanna MacInnes got to the semi-finals of the 2023 Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year. She spoke to Jemimah Wright about her creative journey
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ArticleI put God at the centre of my birth experience
Kierra Blaser shares her story of learning to ‘co-labour’ with God, and started the Kingdom Childbirth Class to prepare women both physically and spiritually for birth
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OpinionI gave birth on Good Friday and lost my baby on Easter Sunday - but I believe we will be reunited thanks to Jesus
For many years, Bryony Wood’s Easter was little more than a bank holiday and a chance to scoff too many chocolate eggs. Until one year when her world turned upside down.
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OpinionI felt so let down by unanswered prayer for my husband and son that I nearly gave up on God
When we are desperately praying for healing, it can be hard to feel that God isn't answering our prayers. Here a Woman Alive contributor explains how she almost gave up on God in the midst of her disappointment.
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Opinion‘God has a special way of knowing what we really need’
Stephanie Pena has been on several pilgrimages in her life but after some recent family difficulties, she felt led to travel to Knock, in Ireland. Here’s why she thinks Easter is the perfect time to re-connect with God.
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OpinionOn the 20th anniversary of Street Pastors here’s what one experienced volunteer has learned
Sue Shaw has been a street pastor for the past nine years, here she shares her experience of taking on the tough ministry in her sixties.
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OpinionI felt like the world was crashing down around me, until God gave me the gift of running
Caroline Kelly had to face the pain of her dad's illness while caring for young children and felt like she couldn't cope until God gave her an unexpected gift.
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OpinionI'm about to turn 50 and just released my first single - God puts no age limit on creativity
Cherry de Winter decided that aproaching the big 5-0 was the right time for her to launch her music career, here she explains why.
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ArticleWhy I left the Pussycat Dolls
When Kaya Jones joined the Pussycat Dolls in the early 2000s, she dreamt of being the US equivalent of the chart-topping Spice Girls and their dedication to Girl Power! Sadly, her experience of the music industry looked very different. Cassandra Maria, from Premier Gospel, found out what it’s really like to be in of the biggest girl groups in the world – and how God called Kaya out of that world to sing for him
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ArticleThe priest from Pakistan
A Christian in a Muslim majority country, Amelia Jacob, 71, had an arranged marriage and moved to England, later becoming one of the first female priests in the Church of England
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ArticleServing single
Natasha Tordoff, 30, grew up in the UK but moved to her mother’s native country, Papua New Guinea, to serve with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in 2021
