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*** The feature photo at the top was taken by Sharla.
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My Grandma Testifies
Tears come to my grandma’s eyes when she tells us goodbye and thanks us for coming to visit. “I’m not worthy,” she says. Silly Grandma. We have visited her seldom, far less often than she deserves. She probably won’t last much longer now, my aunts tell us. Her kidneys are failing, and she won’t go
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Life’s Hard Lessons: As Learned through my Parents’ Marriage Struggles
By a Mennonite pastor, Conrad (A true story. Some names have been changed to protect privacy.) There were a dozen children in my childhood home. Life was very interesting growing up. Earl and I often played
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Boston Is a Whole Different Banana
Okay, I admit it. College is a whole lot harder than I thought it would be, which translates into, “I am not quite as smart as I always thought I was.” I have been giving my studies my best, and right now that feels like my everything. I worry that maybe I’ll never have time
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The Unexpectedness of July
July was everything. It wounded me, warmed me, overwhelmed me. Everything that could have happened, did happen. There was a family reunion. There was Deer Lake. There was this crazy awesome group of people—I call them team members, therapists, friends—who impacted my world in ways I didn’t expect. There was beauty. There were sunsets. Children.
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