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Peace Like an Ocean
My husband got sun-poisoned at the beach, but I didn’t know it until the next morning when he helped me cart our three girls and various and sundry items back across the blinding white sand. His head...
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God in the Dark
The setting sun poured down the seams of the mountains as I drove the same route I had taken for four years in college. But this time was different. My six-year-old daughter now sat in the back, and...
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Follow the Light
My girls and I had spent most of the day cooped up in the house. Attitudes were fraying around the edges—including mine. Then I had an epiphany: a pajama hike! I told the girls to put on their pajamas,...
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Goodness and Mercy Shall Pursue Me
“Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the LORD forever.” ~ Psalm 23:6 On Friday, my best friend and I took a walk around...
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“That’s My Daughter”– Knowing Our Identity Lies In Love
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” – 1 Corinthians 13:13 It takes a lot to offend me, but it doesn’t take a lot to make me defensive of the ones I...
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The Ice Storm
One month ago, a colossal ice storm swept through the southern states, snapping branches that, in turn, snapped powerlines and exploded transformers, knocking millions of people off the grid and...
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My Child’s Grief Gave Me Permission to Feel
My six-year-old daughter wouldn’t touch the food on her plate. I asked what was wrong, but she shook her head. After clearing the table, I asked her to follow me back to our bedroom. Kindergarten can...
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The Night We Almost Hit a Semi
It was after midnight when my husband asked, “Can you see that?” Lifting my gaze from the laptop screen, I peered through the windshield and saw a huge black rectangle lying across the interstate that...
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Seventy-eight years ago, the great grandmother—a slip of a girl in a dark cape dress—floated on her back in the middle of a wide green lake to keep from drowning, and that is why we are here....
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Racing Toward the Finish Line
“And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” Hebrews 12:1b Runners in skintight leggings and neon shoes pranced before the starting line like racehorses at the gate. Two men in their...
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