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Spin Class, Forever Is A Long Time And I Salute You

by Yvonne Chase

The first time I took Kevin’s spin class, I was hooked. After the class, I saw him recording a video that led me to inquire about him. During that conversation, I learned we attend the same church. Week after week and Wednesday after Wednesday, I cleared my schedule to make sure I was ready to […]

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“Timelines” Only Apply To Women Not Men

by Yvonne Chase

Whose timeline are you following for your life? God? Your parents? Family? Culture? Society? In her new docu-series “Timelines”, Katie Couric profiles four women from around the world and explores the pressures put on women by their families and society to marry. Watch the video below and we’ll talk after: I am Maluca and Maluca […]

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Childless And Single With No Reason To Live

by Yvonne Chase

“People who are single and childless….what do you have to live for? What’s keeping you alive? I honestly want to know.” When I saw those words on Twitter, my first irritated response was, what kind of question is that? I began to reply but then decided to read some of the replies. Boy am I […]

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Dying Is A Part Of Living Single And Marriage

by Yvonne Chase

Who’s going to pull the plug for you God forbid you end up on life support? That’s a question I Yvonne Chase as a childless single woman in this world has to answer because dying is a part of living. It’s fresh on my mind because John Singleton died last Monday at the young age […]

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Kristine, Keith And Shared Values

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Kristine lives an active lifestyle. Keith is a couch potato who exercises with the remote control. Is an active lifestyle an interest or a value?

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Wives Are Not A Second Womb To Birth Boys Into Men

by Yvonne Chase

Spirit Of A Wife It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve been in this space. I was celebrating my birthday, then there was Thanksgiving and now I’m back. Sometime last year, I wrote a post about a pastor who places the blame of being single on the woman’s shoulders. Here’s what he said: “Too […]

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Thank You, But We Are Not A Match

by Yvonne Chase

Thank You The title of this post, thank you, but we’re not a match, are words every single person should have at the ready otherwise you stand a strong chance of leading someone on like Aaron does with Melinda on Ready To Love. Watch the video below and we’ll talk after…  Thanksgiving Spread Melinda […]

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Father Figures Figure Into Who We Date And Marry

by Yvonne Chase

Sobering Thought What kind of father did you/do you have? Are you aware that who he is and your relationship with him figures heavily into the men you date and the one you eventually marry? It’s a sobering thought that many of us never address. They say every woman marries her father. Did you? Romantic […]

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Broken Children Living in Adult Bodies Create Broken Relationships

by Yvonne Chase

Broken Children The other day while scrolling Instagram, my eyes landed on the following image and caption below about broken children. It really spoke to me because day in and day out, I receive emails from random readers about the brokenness in their marriages. At the root of much of their pain is unaddressed stuff […]

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I Was Called To Marry HIM

by Yvonne Chase

Called To Marriage How did you know God called you to be married? How does one know if they are called to marriage, aside from a desire to have children and raise a family? Those questions came to mind after reading a comment on my previous post, God Has A Chosen Person For You To Marry. […]

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