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Wednesday 22nd May 2013
When Storms Rage On (And How to Get Through)
The phone rang before dawn on a Friday morning in 2000. It was my newspaper editor. “Jennifer. How quickly can you get to northeast Iowa? More than a dozen twisters went through.” I fumbled for my glasses. Slipped on blue jeans and tennis shoes. I kissed my husband goodbye, and ...
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Tuesday 21st May 2013
#TellHisStory Featured Writer: Amber Haines
When it’s time to write, there are at least a million things to want out of it. Sometimes I crave the release, as if white space were my therapist or as if there were a dam that might break. Often I’m a jumble, and writing is how I sort. But sometimes I write because...
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Monday 20th May 2013
When I’m an Old Woman, I Shall … (Plus An Incredible Giveaway!)
When I’m an old woman, I really shall wear purple. But I won’t actually wait until I’m old to wear it. And when I’m an old woman, I shall not really know that I’m old. But I shall think myself quite young. And I’ll cry easily at the Hallmark card stand, and ...
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Friday 17th May 2013
How To Get Through Your Very Worst Day
So, first of all, I’ve spent years finding new ways to write this message on the blog: Live in this moment. Wring every drop of glory you can out of your life. Make each day a John 10:10 kind of day. (I might have even over-used exclamation points.) I wrote words like that on my...
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Wednesday 15th May 2013
#TellHisStory: When You Need Help Navigating Through Uncertainty
It’s spring, finally. So Dad’s here on the farm again. Which means that his grass-stained New Balance shoes are pushed up along that jagged shoreline of footwear in the mudroom. His enormous shoes are like these two canoes anchored next to the girls’ flip-flops. Even my shoes ...
Midwife to Hope by Dea
Holding the Story