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As Perfect As It Can Be
The weather has been gorgeous for the past few days. I’ve been relishing the sunshine and warmth, though survivor guilt threatens now and then. I feel a few twinges at the thought of my teacher friends trying to make long division interesting enough to keep kids from...
I Am Home
Looking back on the past week is like peering into a kaleidoscope, one lovely image melting into another before I have time to process them. A walk on a spring evening beside a West Virginia river is replaced by a conference room. The psychiatrists and therapists cry...
Aging Brains
If you’re checking in for wedding news, please be patient. As soon as I get through the post-wedding pile up, you’ll get the skinny. In the meantime, maybe you’ll enjoy this post about aging brains. I’ve been saving it for a busy day like this, and being rather tired,...
Start Writing Now
A few weeks ago, I was asked to speak at our high school’s National Honor Society (NHS) Induction Ceremony. The night was especially sweet for two reasons: the chapter sponsor was a teaching colleague for many years and several of the young men and women being...
God, Give Them Laughter, Too
Most of the time, identifying with women in the Bible doesn’t come easy to me. I’m not queenly like Esther. I didn’t follow my mother-in-law to a foreign land like Ruth, and my chosen professions have been quite different than Rahab’s. My humility and faith fall far...
Earlybird Coffee Cake
You know how you associate some foods with your family or certain celebrations? Well, of all the foods I can think of, Early Bird Coffee Cake is the one I identify most with my childhood home. Mom cut the recipe out of the Des Moines Register in the late 1950s or...