They’re prayers. Post-it note prayers – folded brightly colored squares, inscribed with a date, and tucked away in a simple wooden box. They tell a story, those prayers, of the pain and the struggle inflicted upon someone I fiercely love – my daughter. Only God remembers the exact words my broken spirit scribbled on her […]
A summer road trip delivered our family to the door of the Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota. It’s a beauty, right?! Old lighthouses and their histories fascinate me. I am not a person who typically enjoys museums, yet it is difficult to tear me away from the display boards at a lighthouse museum.
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The middle of January is kind of rough. It’s often dark and cold, both in weather and events. There are icy roads and accidents, friends fighting the flu, and people anxious about job bonuses and cutbacks. There are news reports about Oscar discrimination, Amy Schumer possibly stealing jokes, mudslinging politicians, terrorists, and gun violence. Yes,
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Dropped my sweet boy curbside at the airport yesterday. He headed back to college to start the second semester of his freshman year. He gives those kind of hugs that hang on a little longer than you expect them to…the kind that leave you teetering on the brink of not holding it together. As he
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Storing away the Christmas decorations so eagerly placed around the house such a short time ago makes me sigh for two reasons. One, the season comes and goes so fast each year that I wonder if I did all I could to enjoy it. And two, repacking the decor with a caring, organized attitude is almost
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