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Table for Two

My first real responsibility in our family was to learn to set the table. The table was the most important…
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The Summer I Fell In Love

Once upon a summertime, my youngest cousins and I were looking for something to do.  It was on a long…
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Cokes and Pizza and Mascara and High-Fives

“Write about a time when you got exactly what you wanted.” Coke cans in the fridge and pizza boxes on…
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Jeremy Bear: Tips on Triplets

Jeremy Bear is a fixture of my childhood. Jeremy’s youngest sister was my best girl for so many years of…
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Barbara the Hamster

I opened my email this morning to see one from one of my students who just finished fourth grade. We…
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Winning and Losing and Driving Away

When you go enter a car dealership, you have to know you’re going to be on the losing end of…
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Bad Days and Good Stories

I have this weekly time with my students that we call Wisdom from Mrs. Heyer.  I have told them, there…
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Grass Stains and Touchdowns

I love to watch kids playing football. Their varying degrees of grass stains, interest, and commitment. It looked like a…
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I Want To Show This To You.

There are things in my life that are too beautiful for words, so sacred, so layered that I can’t really…
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To Be Part of the Song

Today I read an essay about a monk in a monastery, who, when asked why he was a monk, said,…
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Thank You, Tina.

Dear Tina, I don’t know you, but your words saved my heart tonight. Tina writes: “Let me preface all of…
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Oh, Prom. You Mess With My Heart.

I found out on Tuesday that prom was happening.   I mean, I knew prom was happening, the same way…
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April 9 Book Release : You Are Safe Now

Here’s what happened. More than a dozen years ago, my husband died unexpectedly, and the blog I had been writing…
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I Married an Alcoholic.

This holds some honest truths and rough language. Read with that awareness and without my apologies, because when you tell…
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How to Help When You Don’t Know What To Do

How To Help When You Don’t Know What To Do There is a lot of sadness in my community. In…
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Food Courts and School Buses: An Abstract Pondering

Seating is so limited at the mall today that people have resorted to sharing tables with strangers.   How very…
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Elf On The Shelf: I Did Not See That Coming

Do a quick Pinterest search for the Elf on the Shelf, and you’ll find headlines like these: 75 easy ideas…
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There’s Always One

I have a collection of letters from recent fourth graders, full of advice and well wishes for a new school…
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An Indispensible resource

You Are Safe Now

Okay, my friends. I have many things to tell you. Big Things. In the last more-than-a-decade that we’ve been sharing…
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A Patriot’s Promise

A Patriot’s Promise is released TODAY, on the Fourth of July. Already #1 in THREE categories on the Amazon market,…
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You Are Safe Now

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This Book Is for You

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You Can Do This

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And Life Comes Back

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