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The Silent Years… by the Girl with nothing left to say.
Today I gently blew the dust off my keyboard for the first time in years. It was more of an exhale filled with resignation, really. With shaking hands and a wavering heart, I went through the motions of a long forgotten, half-memory type habit that’s much less sure than the muscle memory of riding a…
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For Daniel: Is it year 6 already?
If we’re being honest, I never thought we’d end up together. Even on the days I wanted you most. I was everything a good Christian mom warned her son against. Bad stock from a bad breed; a history drenched and dripping in scarlet. And yet, here we are. 12 years past our first “hello’s,” and…
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For Daniel, Years Four & Five
Dear Daniel, I know I skipped a year, but have mercy on me. 2020 was not what I anticipated. But, I don’t want a do over. (Personally, I believe we did the thing right the first time.) I’m sure I have more to say, but not today. I love you, my Daniel. You were always…
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6 Feet Apart
If you had told me 7 weeks ago that the next time I would be “all together” with my church family would be 6 feet apart in a parking lot, I would have thought you were barking mad. If I had known that the last Sunday was gonna be the last Sunday, I would have…
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Love One Another
When we read in Scripture, “Love one another,” that doesn’t mean, “Barely tolerate,” “Be nice to, but don’t get too close to,” or, “Invite to join, but otherwise avoid” one another. It means support and champion one another. It means bear with, rejoice with and mourn with one another. It means when you hurt one…
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Aren’t I Supposed to Be Successful by 30?
I had a plan. I was going to graduate from college at 22. Be married by 25. Start having kids at 28. And be a successful, functioning, debt-less adult by 30. Let’s all applaud my ignorance together.
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I meant to be thinner for my wedding.
I was going to start working out 6 months before, because I was going to have a killer body for the honeymoon…
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Oppose HB1533: Relating to Prostitution
Plain and simple: legal, or not… women should never, ever be bought or sold.
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Don’t Make New Year Resolutions
With 2017 rolling in, and fresh, happy new opportunities on the horizon, friends and family are once again dusting off those clothes covered treadmills and gearing up to make their New Years resolutions.
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