Mar 20 2014
I love being home. My home is warm (even when cold air is seeping through old windows), home feels safe, in my home is my uber comfortable bed, and there are constant reminders that this house is well-lived in (e.g. shoes in the hall, toy cars littering the floor, mail on the counter, etc.) The …
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Mar 12 2014
Time for the elephants to round up again. If somebody needed poster children for what it looks like to come together in a time of need, my four sisters and I would be it. We are far from perfect and have far from perfect relationships, but when a family member is in need, that mama …
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Mar 06 2014
I started writing earlier this week about grief and it turned into me on a soapbox about why everyone needs to attend a funeral once in a while. So I split these into two posts to give this one the platform it deserves. Loss sucks. There isn’t a simpler way to say it. It hurts, …
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Mar 05 2014
The tradition of Lent inspired this post, but you don’t need to be religious to decide to do some good in this world. If you just want some ideas to help your community and some thoughts for your own improvement, skip to the lists. The purpose of Lent is to prepare for the celebration and …
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Mar 03 2014
Life is so precious. We say it when we hear of a tragedy, when somebody has died before their time- but how often do we stop and really give those words much thought in regards to our own lives? I recently attended the funeral of an old classmate Brian, the brother of my dear friend. …
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