Featured Sister’s Letters

Easter Greets

Hey Friends and StandUpSisters, Our Easter love to you all! I finally have a few minutes to write and let you all know how we're doing. Please...

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Mom To A Teenage Mother

My eldest daughter had been rebellious for several years so when she told me that she was pregnant at seventeen, my reaction was calm. It was the...

You Can Love Him Now

I recently had a bout with Lyme disease. I was visiting my best friend in California and we decided to go hiking in the woods. Later that night I...

A Dog, Watson

This is a story about a dog, who's name is Watson. He's a fairly normal dog (OK, he's unreasonably cute), but he plays a very important role in our...

Beauty

My name is Nicolette and I come from Zimbabwe, commonly referred to as Africa’s paradise. If you look at a map of the world, look for Africa and...

To Expecting Mothers: A Perspective on Pain

Trying to avoid pain is perfectly natural, and like most instincts, our society shamelessly encourages it. Think of commercials on TV. For every...

Woah, I’m not alone!

When I discovered, just days ago, that I am pregnant, I burst into tears. Pregnancy has a way of bringing emotions to the surface. And what a time...

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Politics Tore Us Apart

She's revered as a trail-blazing feminist and author Alice Walker touched the lives of a generation of women. A champion of women's rights, she has...