Women’s Issues

  For as long as I can remember, I have been searching for something. Since I was born, since my initiation into this life in pink and joy, it has been a hole in my chest. High and low I [...]

The summer after my freshman year of college, my grandmother told me in a Kohl’s dressing room that I needed to lose weight. “Everyone goes through it, honey. Your mom, your aunt. Everyone gains [...]

I don’t even like this guy, so why am I hanging out with him again? It was a Sunday or Monday night and classes had finally started up again. I was in the passenger seat of a black Toyota next to [...]

I’m by all means and classifications underweight. And a lot people say that’s not a bad thing. Except it is. A few months ago, I walked into the doctor’s office for my regular physical and he [...]

I tossed my cell phone on the bed and watched it bounce to the floor of my bedroom. It hadn’t rung or beeped or buzzed in hours, and I was frustrated with watching it. I was 20 and the guy I had [...]

A month before my wedding day I wasn’t getting my last dress fitting or tasting possible cake choices. I was in the hospital. In an operating room. Wearing a very breezy gown. I had been [...]

No one wants to have coffee with me. Let me back up.  My husband and I moved in January to a new house in a suburb between Dallas and Fort Worth, and I’ve been fighting loneliness.  Our families [...]

A few months ago, my husband and I were having lunch after church in my hometown. Within a few minutes of getting our meal, my best friend from high school and her family walked in the door of [...]

When I was learning to ride a bike, I couldn’t quite get the hang of it. I was frustrated in the grass in our front yard, and every time I tried, I failed. I was so mad that I wasn’t focused [...]

Hello ladies of HeartSupport! We are starting a new section within our community specifically for women. Recently, we’ve noticed that there are a lot of young women coming to the site [...]