By Sue Harrison The Simple Joys In Motherhood
My friend Justine is an amazing person. She’s raising her beautiful three-year-old daughter, holds down a job, and just completed…
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The Grandmother Chronicles: Flat Stanley
The idea that I might someday become a grandmother didn’t hit me until I was in my mid-forties and our…
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God Isn’t Fooled By My Excuses
Our nephew Logan began the day by greeting his three-year-old son, Gabriel . Their conversation went something like this: Logan:…
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A Thanksgiving Legacy
My mother-in-law Shirley was a gifted country cook. Thanksgiving at my in-law’s house was celebrated with a huge stuffed turkey,…
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Courage Charlie-Style
When you’re five, school is a challenging experience. My friend Emily’s son, Charlie, is learning wise ways to cope. One…
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Community Ties
When you grow up in a very small town, everybody knows your dog. That was especially true in the 1950s…
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Graduates!
Each of the graduates wore a cap and gown. Each received a diploma. Each smiled at the applause of parents,…
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The Great Egg Hunt
When our son Neil was 13 months old, my husband and I couldn't wait to introduce him to his first…
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Where Are You?
A week after our two-year-old granddaughter, Taylor, had spent a summertime vacation with us, I called for a chat. When…
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The Jack-in-the-Box Christmas
The Christmas our daughter Krystal was two and a half, we knew exactly what she wanted. A jack-in-the-box. Not a…
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This is the Church. This is the Steeple
When I was six years old, my mother sat me down for one of those I-need-to-tell-you-something conversations. In my experience,…
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One Size Fits Alls
A couple of weeks ago, my friend Katie sent her children to a much-anticipated hockey day-camp. The evening after the…
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