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because i said i would
Remember when people used to say, “I give you my word”? Nowadays it seems we’ve become accustomed to the worthlessness of words, of people saying…
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Strong as a Mother
During the final week of my last trimester, I changed my mind about giving birth. The thought of pushing the mysterious being that had been living and…
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Being a Good Human Matters
What exactly is a good human? I suppose we could each offer up an explanation that would differ slightly, perhaps even greatly, from all other…
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What If It All Works Out?
This will be my mantra for 2022: “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?”—Romans 8:31 . I’m not someone who…
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Good Trouble
Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom…
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So Apparently, I'm Dramatic
Let me tell you about the year I started wearing a tiara. In 2015, Darling Daughter and I spent the Fourth of July at Disneyland because, for her, it…
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Spilling the T
T-shirt-inspired micro-essays (and sometimes poetry) about all things truth and taboo, with a bit of advice, history, culture, music, food, and humor mixed in.
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