By RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick
My True Love,
Why did you leave so soon? We were so close. I spent all my time with you. I told you all my secrets.
You were the first one to know when I had a new story. The first one to know when I had late-night insomnia.
I ate with you. I cried on you. I was entertained by you. (more…)
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions. ~Joey Adams
My New Year’s resolutions usually last…
As long as I don’t make any. (Aren’t they for old people anyway?)
All year … but I’m also the type of person who measures my milk for my cereal every morning.
by RTF Staff Writer Kalli Simmerman
We’ve all seen those heart-wrenching programs where children in third-world countries walk around looking for something to eat. Have you ever noticed that most are barefoot?
Walking is a primary mode of transportation in developing countries and can be harmful unless the feet are protected. Walking over hard-packed roads riddled with stones and sticks can cause cuts and sores which can easily become infected. Sometimes these wounds even lead to amputation or disease caused by soil-transmitted parasites.
How can this be prevented? By simply giving a child a pair of shoes. (more…)
By RTF Staff Writer Jenn Joshua
Jenn Joshua: So, Andrew, when you’re not busy setting yourself on fire, I’ve heard that you also have a passion for missions work. More specifically, working with orphans in China. It seems like a lot of teens go through the “I-want-to-be-a-missionary-to-China” stage. For you, it obviously wasn’t just a stage. You’re studying Chinese in college. You have plans to move to Beijing after graduation. Can you tell us a little more about the work that you do with Chinese orphans and the program you work through while you’re there? (more…)
By Staff Writer Judi Weiss
My mother once told someone that if the walls in our house had ears, they would hear a great big laugh. And it’s true. I was born into a family that loves to laugh.
From my older sister, who can make me laugh when I want to cry, to my younger sister, who juts out her chin while doing her flawless impression of Count Olaf, my family is the reason why I laugh.
When my oldest sister was at her graduation ceremony, my then eight-year-old sister was ready for it to be over. When the speaker took a pause in his long speech, my youngest sister jumped to her feet and clapped her hands together. A single clap can make a pretty decent echo in a silent auditorium. (more…)
I admit: Twitter was one of those things I planned to do. After midnight on a half moon during a dental filling when the monsoon blew through my front yard. (more…)
By RTF Guest Writer, Andrew Yellis
A bowl of delicious nuts was nearby…what did you expect me to do?
Guest post by Tricia Goyer
… I’m proud that Kourtney Kardashian carried her baby … and that she chose to speak out about it.
My hope is that many young women will get the same message: “You may regret not having the baby.”
Kourtney Kardashian’s unplanned pregnancy forced the shocked reality TV star to make one of the most difficult decisions in her life: Would she have the baby or terminate the pregnancy?
“I definitely thought about it long and hard, about if I wanted to keep the baby or not, and I wasn’t thinking about adoption,” Kardashian, 30, who was shooting E!’s Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami at the time, tells PEOPLE exclusively. “I do think every woman should have the right to do what they want, but I don’t think it’s talked through enough. I can’t even tell you how many people just say, ‘Oh, get an abortion.’ Like it’s not a big deal.” Read the rest here.
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Tricia Goyer is the author of twenty books including From Dust and Ashes, My Life UnScripted, and the children’s book, 10 Minutes to Showtime.