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She’s not perfect, you know. That mom on the playground with those kids dressed-to-match and her with her matching shoes-and-bag? […]
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She’s not perfect, you know. That mom on the playground with those kids dressed-to-match and her with her matching shoes-and-bag? […]
It’s his last week home, college-man who’s grown up in what really was the blink of an eye. Really. Yeah, […]
I pull in about twenty minutes late, follow that circle of asphalt past well-manicured lawn and landscaping, up to the […]
He towers over me, this son of mine, the first one. Actually all three of them tower over me now. […]
We got in the car and just sort of drove and drove and yeah, it’s not really like me to […]
It’s in the eyes, I think. Beauty. Real beauty, that is. But not in the greenness or the brownness or […]
What if you could practice joy like you practice the piano or the guitar or the perfect jump shot? Practice […]
Yeah, I’m just about ready to give up. Because the thing is, where in the world is the real in […]
We all have one. A story. Our story. The story of who we are and who we’ve been and what […]
“The world has enough women who know how to do their hair. It needs women who know how to do […]
It’s the dopamine hit. You’ve heard this, right? That little neurotransmitter that gets released in your brain when your phone […]
Actually, that’s not altogether true. Mama never really did say there’d be days where you’d lose hope, lose faith, lose […]
Who can you encourage today? What would happen if today you paid attention? Listened for the dream in someone else’s […]
“God, give me guts.” So prayed Eli Mygatt as he defended his hometown of Danbury during the Revolutionary War while […]
I showed up early. Stood in line with hundreds of other hopefuls. Dutifully waited for the woman manning the registration […]
The trees are swayin’ a bit in the breeze this morning, encouraging their leaves to just let go already. I’m […]
I turned off my phone for an hour and a half, and my life changed. Okay, it didn’t totally change […]
I’ve got a graduate in my house. This is not new for me. Actually, he is the third child to […]