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Hello, my name is Brenda. Imagine for a second that you’re me: An adult orphan kicked out of foster care at the tender age of 18. No family. No money. No love. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide from the big bad world suddenly at your feet. Forced to grow-up practically overnight or face homelessness and extreme adversity.

Fucked, in every sense of the world.

Then, imagine, you’re somehow able to beat the odds and get… Read more

When you first see an okapi, you might think it's related to a horse or a zebra. Its body and neck are horse-like, and its legs have black-and-white stripes like a zebra does. But the okapi is not related to a horse or a zebra; its closest relative is actually the giraffe. In fact, okapis are sometimes called forest giraffes, since they live mainly in the rain forests of central Africa. An okapi's relationship to a g… Read more

GENESIS 30 1When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!” 2Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?” 3Then she said, “Here is Bilhah, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.” 4So she gave… Read more

Hey I got a riddle for y’all.

In 1893, a family in a rural village welcomed twins. One a girl, and the other a boy. The girl was named Martha and the boy named Henry. As the children grew, their family’s fortune did as well, and soon they were able to move out of the rural village and into the city. It is now 1903, and the family of 4 purchases a large house and several acres of land on the edge of the city. Over th… Read more

Hey guys, Tysm for helping me reach over 30 followers! In return, I want to do something for you. I'm a 12 year old girl living in Australia, and I tend to suffer from Anxiety. If you have anxiety, please know that you are not alone. I've been dealing with anxiety for almost 3 years now, and its been getting worse as I grow up. I often find myself with fast heartbeat when its comes to a simple task in English classes… Read more