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Frosted flakes of patience

  I could have taken a photo of the snow … to show it now reaches above my knees. But I didn’t. I couldn’t. I needed some green. I needed something more than the black and white, slightly gray and … Continue reading

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Three women. Three secrets.

  I love books. I love to get lost in someone else’s story. These two books just arrived. The first, The Jesse Tree, is a daily devotional of sorts for Advent. Each day the kids and I will read a … Continue reading

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Just a swingin’

  It has taken me three decades and three kids to understand something I learned at age 3. Forget Calgon and bubble baths and massages and chocolate. They don’t really solve the melancholy when life is overwhelming and the chaos begins to … Continue reading

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