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I carry her heart
The other night someone I barely know told me her abortion story.I was at an appointment and this person was the tech taking care of me. I see her about once a year, and when she asked me what was new,...
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weightless
About six or eight weeks ago, my daughter took away my bathroom scale. Rather unceremoniously, she took it out of my bathroom, put it in the trunk of her car, and drove off. I think it’s still there,...
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note to self
Dear One,So, the holidays are over, and you are left with some extra gifts in the form of pounds.It's OK.You ate a few too many of those really good cookies that Joey baked. You went back - twice - to...
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Jacob's Lighthouse
She wasn't entirely certain, at first, if this was Jacob's lighthouse, but she was willing to wager it might be. It seemed to her, that from a distance, all lighthouses looked pretty much alike. They...
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unimaginable
A guest post by my son Luke, age 11. It's silent; it's cold; it's dark. I gaze off over the garage, through the snowy branches of the damp trees, to see the man in the moon looking down and telling me,...
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sign me up
Recently I decided to be more open to what God might have in store for me. I wasn't foolish enough to ask for "signs," but I definitely put it out there that I needed more than vague insinuations....
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happy birthday, Dad
Every year on his birthday, my dad would say, "Did I ever tell you about the day I was born? The snow was so deep, my father had to dig out a path for the midwife."It always made me smile, because he...
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choose hope
It has been a long, cold winter.For me, the chill came early, in the autumn, when my husband lost his job. The loss, which was the second of this type in as many years, chilled me. The cold descended...
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in memoriam
In scripture we read that when the Lord returns, He will come like a thief in the night.I suppose that is the way death comes too. Even though we know its arrival is inevitable, for each and every one...
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a reminder
I'm an all or nothing kind of girl.Despite my mother's efforts to convince me that "all things in moderation" is a suitable life motto, I'm extreme. I've been known to go whole decades without eating...
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don't call her brave
Today the world woke to the news: Brittany was dead.As she promised she would, she had taken the pill that ended her life. “Her suffering was over.” She was dead. As the headlines proclaimed the news,...
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The other day my daughter said that my blog wasn’t famous or popular, and there was no chance of anything I wrote going viral. That stung a little, but only because it’s true. (And I’m a prideful...
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thank-full
Someone said that if the only prayer ever uttered were “thank you,” that would be enough.I agree.Like most Americans, I have much to be thankful for. I have more than some and less than others, but by...
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"quicktakes" and TAKE AWAYS!
I was invited by another blogger to get back into the swing of things by sharing in 7 Quick Takes Friday. Wow...it's been awhile! I see the festivities have a new host (hello Kelly!) over at This Ain't...
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turning
Today, I turn 50.Isn't it a funny expression, "turning" a certain age? It's as if I woke up this morning and noticed my eyes were a slightly different color, or that I had grown a tail. Turning is what...
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sea change
For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to go to the sea.I've been to the oceans, both Atlantic and Pacific, and enjoyed each for very different reasons. At nineteen I took my first plane ride,...
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challenge the process; encourage the heart (AKA "tick people off nicely")
Recently I participated in a leadership seminar. Using the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), we took a survey, tallied results, enjoyed a very well-done presentation and discovered a few things...
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what next?
Yesterday I wished one of my sons well as he set off for a trip to Europe. Venturing to Spain’s Camino de Santiago, he is one of a group of pilgrims who will walk the ancient trail together. His goal...
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lost and found
Several weeks ago, I lost the diamond from my engagement ring.I was driving to work. I looked down at my left hand and where the stone should have been, only prongs remained. I had been going through a...
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loose change
A blind beggar sits, head lowered, hand begging for money. Etching by J. Zubau, 1865.Why is it, when life reminds me that I’m a jerk, I’m so taken aback? Why am I continually surprised by my lack of...
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finally
I've been putting this off.The first month, I told myself I was in recovery. November has always been cruel to me anyway, so I didn't need much of an excuse to hide from myself and everyone else. The...
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the real reason I don't want to win at Powerball
My dad liked to play the lottery.Back in the day, in the 70s and 80s when he did most of his “gambling,” there was no such thing as the Powerball. Instead he wagered on what three digit number would...
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for the babies and the mamas
I've never had an abortion. But that doesn't mean I haven't thought about it.At the age of 20, I became pregnant. I was just beginning my senior year of college at a Catholic university not far from my...
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a time to live, a time to tie dye
I went to a really good funeral today.And by good I mean good, really truly good in many senses of the word. The liturgy was properly executed and the church was full; there were moments of open grief,...
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memories and villages...real and imagined
There's been talk of a "village" on the internet these days. From one essay:"When one of (sic) was feeling sick or needed extra rest from a long night up with a child, we’d swoop in and tend to your...
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