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Revealing Unbreakable Resilience: Tina Bailey S.O. What! Success Story
It’s weird (to me at least) how not too much makes me cry anymore. I think I’m grateful, and maybe it’s a skill to help me get through my challenges.
And more importantly, I think it’s a skill that allows me to listen to sometimes…
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How Winning a National Speakers Strength Award Inspires Strength in Others
When I came home from school on my first day of kindergarten, my mom quizzed me about my teacher's name. I excitedly repsonded, "Mrs. Muscles!".
Her name was actually Mrs. Armstrong, but that memory always makes me smile even through pain…
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40, Friends, Forever
When I was a little girl, I initially struggled with friendships. In the sixth grade, my class started the "I Hate Summer" club. Even a couple of girls who had been my friends were a part of the club that made talking to me or sitting with me…
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Divorce. 10 Years Later. 5 Lessons Learned From One of My Biggest S.O. What!’s
June 9, 2007, I walked down the aisle and my last name changed. So did everything about my life.
And my son's.
I had been a single mother for 12 years, and I was pretty proud of how I managed to provide a good life for myself and my son…