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Because I find myself sobbing today—For our nation, for Texas, for our schools, for our children… And for yet another family near me who just

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Some days, life feels heavier than others. Yes, as my earlier post said, the movie isn’t over. But we start to wonder if the ending

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I had a fight with Siri today. Ok, to be truthful, it isn’t the first time. Just proves, once more, my abusive relationship with technology.

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a Mother’s Day article (originally written for Fountain of Life magazine) It was the only time I ever called a radio station. At least so

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Ever feel like a failure? Some days our mistakes wail at us like an air-raid, and we’re left wondering how to recover. If you’re there,

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Good Friday. I know. That was a week ago. Still, it’s one of those special days that sits on one little square of the calendar—but

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It all started… (Isn’t that how all “oh, no!” stories begin?) Well, this time, it started with a phone call. From my husband who’d just

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April—Barely the beginning of spring in Wisconsin. So why we complained at the snow/icy rain pelting us on Saturday, just two days into the month,

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Parenting is a constant state of letting go. First time we allowed someone to hold them. First time they slept in a different room. First

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