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The Impact of Digital vs Physical Snapshots
This week I spent an afternoon scouring piles of old family photos. I was in search of any of mom and me for an upcoming story for Guideposts Magazine. I had avoided the task for days. Truth be told, I had avoided the task since Mom died. She was our family photographer, a role I… Read More The Impact of Digital vs Physical Snapshots
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Overcoming Writer’s Block: A Personal Journey
I sat in front of my computer and stared at the blinking cursor. That little black line seemed to mock me on a regular basis as of late. I couldn’t conjure up any words let alone string them together to form sentences. I had never believed writer’s block was a real thing. Stories flowed easily… Read More Overcoming Writer’s Block: A Personal Journey
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Don’t Steal Their Struggle
It’s that time of year when parents are busy checking off items on the Back To School To Do List. Our family is long past the specified school supplies list, but with our oldest starting Law School and our youngest headed off to college there are still plenty of preparations being made. I’ve always loved… Read More Don’t Steal Their Struggle
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Light Up The Sky – Front Page News!
Light Up The Sky made headlines today! My 365 Day Devotional and the story behind it was featured in the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung. Follow the link for the full article. https://herald-zeitung.com/news/prayer-in-practice-new-braunfels-resident-named-finalist-for-international-book-award/article_64de34ea-37e3-11ef-ba2d-13bdc8bde54c.html Light Up The Sky, a devotional for young male athletes was recently named Finalist in the 2024 International Book Awards. Grab a copy right… Read More Light Up The Sky – Front Page News!
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Mom’s Christmas Plate
My mom had a plate she displayed on the kitchen counter. It was white, rectangular shaped, and sat on a small easel. Nothing out of the ordinary really. She used it as a makeshift bulletin board mostly for reminders. With a dry erase marker she would jot down an appointment reminder or a couple of… Read More Mom’s Christmas Plate
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The Stories We Bleed
Stories are such a big part of our lives. From those childhood fairy tales told to us before we could read, to the adventures of Tom Sawyer, Little Women, and Alice in Wonderland when we could reach for our book of choice. Stories allow us to experience what isn’t contained in our world. I have… Read More The Stories We Bleed
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A Communist Christmas
As I watched my daughter’s tiny face inspect the mysterious box, I was overcome with the memories of Christmases past. How could an intangible recollection hold such a physical presence, wrapping me in a warm glow while simultaneously strangling me in an icy dread, especially on Christmas morning? Christmas morning. It wasn’t like any Christmas… Read More A Communist Christmas
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In God We Trust
I may as well have been standing before them stripped naked. That’s how exposed I felt. The soldiers had announced their arrival with a loud pounding on the front door of our home. A few days prior, my husband and I had begun the official paperwork requesting permission to leave the only country we had… Read More In God We Trust
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Learning To Dance With The Limp
Little by little we let go of loss but never of love. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly – that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp. https://twitter.com/LittleMizWordy/status/1227308150518403072 Loss can bring us to our knees in a moment’s time or slowly simmer within… Read More Learning To Dance With The Limp
