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Benediction


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She walks on wounded feet, carries white roses to the willow by the pond on the hill: three roses, the number of those…

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Who I Am Inside


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The most basic personal need of each person is to regard himself as a worthwhile human being.Dr. Lawrence J. Crabb, Jr. All my…

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Defining Mother


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My earliest clear memory of my mother goes like this: I was four years old, and I loved to swim. My mother took…

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The Farther Away I Move


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Ten years ago in Mexico, I sat beside my best friend in the backseat of a crowded van watching the mountains of Querétaro as…

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Dear Strangers


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If you noticed me taking your photo as you walked away hand-in-hand, you probably thought I was creepy. Hopefully, you simply assumed I…

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Breathless


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On the nights when God is silent,she curls up against the dark,her breath a thorn embedded in her throat.At last, all the questions spiral downinto…

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Invisible


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Image by Love Art. Live Art. from Pixabay For someone who struggles with so much pain on a daily basis, I’ve been lucky….

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Dusk, Lilies, Solitude


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  It is dusk, the evening of the day that I should have arrived in Wenatchee for a week of the most beautiful…

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A Single Act of Compassion


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I was twelve years old when my father was diagnosed with a brain tumor. It was one of the most terrifying and lonely…

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The Weight of Silence


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This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: how people drift apart without even intending to, and how as that distance…

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