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The Whole Truth?
I emerged from our pop-up camper just as my husband pulled something from his wallet. Jim grinned. "Can you use this?" Wow! Fifty dollars! "Sure." Just what I needed to take out four grandchildren out to lunch and mini-golfing. "Thanks." I folded the bill twice and stuffed it deep into the pocket of my blue knit shorts. Jim frowned. "Better put that in a safe place so you don't lose it." Lose it? Did he… Read More
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Making Decisions
I stopped my car on the white "V" where two major highways merged outside of Chicago. While traffic roared by on both sides, I stared at the sign above the busy tollway. Do I go right or left? To my nervous brain, the sign seemed nothing but gobbledygook. Since leaving home that morning, I struggled with worry about driving alone to a writers' conference in Wheaton IL. What if I took a wrong turn and wound up… Read More
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Facing the Empty Nest
Who is like you, O Lord? Your beauty is in all your creation. The words welled up in my aching heart as I sat alone outside my campgrounds tent. No longer would I hold the hand of a small boy and guide him through life. My youngest son would soon be off to college. His whole senior year had been a series of goodbyes: his last high school drama, his last forensic competition, his last… Read More
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When Tragedy Strikes
I picked up the phone. "Hi, Mom, what's up?" "I have sad news, Beth." Her voice shook a little. She took an audible breath. "Your Uncle Dick died of complications from surgery yesterday." Uncle Dick gone? Just like that? I lowered myself into the nearest chair while snapshots of family life danced through my memory. A young Uncle Dick in his Army uniform, grinning from Grandma's Whitney Street porch. Him and Aunt Mae rejoicing on… Read More
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