parenting
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7 February Life Changing Encounters
Expecting
A bump. Not yet a baby But you have a name already Expected in late February Don’t be late, will…
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7 February Life Changing Encounters
38 Years and Still Going Strong
I’ve had quite a few life changing experiences over the span of my 38 years of life. Some positive, and…
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6 January Coming Home to Yourself
Waving
A memoir? You’re what, 30? 37. A memoir? What have you really got to say? You haven’t lived enough to…
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6 January Coming Home to Yourself
Accepting the Joy
As I enter my seventh year of widowhood and the first month of the New Year, I am trying to…
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6 January Coming Home to Yourself
Blood is Not Thicker Than Water
I don’t remember a time when I didn’t know I was adopted. It has always been an understanding and acceptance…
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6 January Coming Home to Yourself
The Most Important Promise I Ever Kept
“No more. Not ever,” I’d said. Years of warnings, threats, tears, and promises had not changed him, not really. And…
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6 January Coming Home to Yourself
Beef Jerky and Matthew West
The journey from who I was to who I am began with a bag of Mennonite beef jerky and a…
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5 December Making Family
Baltimore
Do you recall? The three of you Were somewhat small, your brother but A tell-tale throb within my fast Approaching-forty-year-old…
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5 December Making Family
For the Love of a Mother
I remember that appointment as if I’d just stepped out of the room. During a turbulent point in time, I…
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