"Why Give Your Life Away?" Life is a gift. It's not here forever. Gift's do not come very often. Nothing should be cherished more than your life, so why give it away? Not everyone truly understands this concept. Suicide, or...
This I Believe Everything Happens for a Reason--. I am now fifteen years old. Over the past recent years of my life, I have come to realize that everything must happen for a reason. I believe that those things that...
CONSEQUENCES She was a 14-year old African American girl who was six months into her pregnancy. She wasn't one of those kids that were "14 going on 34." She was a child. There was something still so innocent and fragile...
As I approach my mid-century mark I believe in the poetry of life's paradoxes, Where wisdom resides in juxtaposition and Clarity and obscurity sit side by side. My life's most profound and meaningful experiences Draw depth from their contradictions. The...
This I believe: In all honesty I believe in many things. Yet the thing that I believe in most is anti-abortion. I despise the fact that people actually rationalize the killing or murder of a person. As if the life...
On January 13, 2000, I held the firm belief that everything happens for a reason. As a school counselor, I often reaffirmed this belief when I was counseling children or their parents. However, on January 14, 2000, I completely changed...
About four years ago I unwittingly became involved in a "stand-up for what you believe" situation. It was the first Sunday in Oct., Respect Life Sunday, and, as I had done for many years, I joined about four hundred people...
It is a rare moment. Everything is quiet in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Jersey City Medical Center. Twenty-six premature babies ranging in weight from 15 ounces to four pounds are lying next to each other. It is...
Looking Over the Edge In my line of work, the end of a "shift" is cause for celebration. A new baby enters the world peacefully, and is placed into the loving arms of its enthralled parents. It is beautiful to...
