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A Letter to Newlyweds: Setting Yourselves Up for Success

By Ashley McIlwain Foreword: A Letter to Newlyweds was inspired by my sister’s recent marriage. As I began thinking about the things I wanted to say to her and her husband about marriage, I found myself frantically writing. Nowadays marriage seems to be entered into lightly, ignorantly, and with little preparation, and as a result,

Trick or Treat

By Ashley McIlwain It’s that time of year again where the stores are filled with candy, costumes, and goblins. While Halloween is certainly far from my favorite holiday, it got me to thinking. There is a famous tagline that comes with Halloween that we all know – trick or treat? Mostly children stroll around from

The Pursuit of Happiness

By Ashley McIlwain Our society is obsessed with the concept of happiness. We are motivated to make decisions based purely on having an emotional status of happy. People promote this message and encourage others to chase after the unrealistic and impossible expectation that life should always be filled with happiness, and if it isn’t then

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