Category: Blog
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Story in Review: Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan is the sweet story of Willow Chance, a young girl who has had a rough life. Adopted at birth, Willow is now in middle school, and doesn’t really fit in. The problem is, she’s a genius. Bright beyond her years, she has a hard time interacting with kids…
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An Un-Celebrated Christmas
I never got into the Christmas spirit this year. It’s Christmas Eve, and I still have not. We didn’t put up a tree. We didn’t take out a single decoration. I didn’t write a Christmas card to anyone, at all. There are a lot of reasonable reasons for these things: we moved, we’ve been busy, and…
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A Season of Rest: Routine
I created a draft for this back in September when I first posted about my “Season of Rest.” I had the idea that it would be a series all about what I learned about myself as I took time to slow down, to savor life. You can read the words I wrote in that initial…