An EF-3 Tornado Hit My Small Town. What It Can Teach Us about Strength.
It didn’t seem like a bad storm. In fact, I thought it would miss us. And I was a little…
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It didn’t seem like a bad storm. In fact, I thought it would miss us. And I was a little…
Continue ReadingWhen we started our adoption journey, there were endless phone calls and paperwork between the home study agency, the adoption…
Continue ReadingAs I sip my beverage and watch my girls play with neighbor friends from my lawn chair, I think to…
Continue ReadingWUHAN: It's roughly day 48 of the city's quarantine. We've been locked in our apartment complex for many weeks. I…
Continue ReadingWe headed over to the ribbon cutting. Less than a mile away. Through the neighborhood and onto the new road.…
Continue Reading“Nice shot Claire!” yelled the man sitting next to me. I barely knew him, but he was a parent of…
Continue ReadingIf I got to vote on my own high-school superlative, it would not have been most likely to stay. I…
Continue ReadingSometimes it’s hard to not occasionally be discouraged as a small town church family. Big churches have huge youth groups.…
Continue Reading"Go to the wedding, go to the funeral, stop at the lemonade stand." Wise words from my friend, Ann. For…
Continue ReadingMy kids and I were finally leaving the indoor play center. I thought it would be the perfect outing, my…
Continue ReadingThe other day I was in line at Costco and noticed a mom at the checkstand next to me struggling…
Continue ReadingWhen I became a mom, the question of where I stood took center stage in my life. In those early…
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