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I’m the Friend With the Dead Mom

I’m the friend with the dead mom. I’m the one in the group who doesn’t have new memories to share about her, the one that won’t be posting…

Not too long ago my 4-year-old son walked into the Sunday School class you faithfully teach every Sunday with a pouty face, chin tucked into his…

Friendship requires sacrifice. There, I said it. I have met and talked to a lot of lonely people lately, and let me tell you it breaks my heart…

An ode to the women I know and what I’ve learned by being in their beautiful orbits: 1. Women are exquisitely hardy souls. 2. An even number of…

When I was 16 I dropped out of high school halfway through my junior year. After numerous moves state-to-state from the time I was nine, and…

I was never the girl with a crowd of friends. I was more the “a few good friends” type. Those friendships were precious and yet, I nearly…

Whether it’s the delivery man asking for a signature, a stranger who needs directions, or an acquaintance stopping in for an impromptu visit, I…

Sometimes—no, really, all the time—I can sink pretty low into a pity party when I think of the loss I’ve endured all before age 40. I don’t…

It all started at a garage sale. Do you know how many stories I could tell where the opening line would be, It all started at a garage sale . .…

“She doesn’t want to be my friend anymore.” We have certainly been there. As a mother of young children, I have unfortunately heard both of my…

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