It’s Not Just Melanin
Social media has exposed our country’s injustices in ways that previous news channels did not. The racism was there all along—we’re just seeing it plainly now. This upheaval calls us to revisit our assumptions about our systems, and each other.
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Baseball Buddha
We plan and make lists and think we control the outcome the whole time. And yet, the answers come when we surrender to what comes our way.
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Bullying in the Information Age
Our challenge and charge as mothers is to nurture our children into capable, confident adults who live with integrity. Unfortunately, that formation includes painful experiences.
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Mom’s Confounding Christmas Morn’
They were born to us, and through us, but not to be us. There are parts of your daughter that will remain mysteries to you, just as there are parts of us that our own mothers will never know.
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Mary, the Ultimate Anti-Diva
Talented people have every right to be proud of the beauty they create. What´s important to remember is that the beauty created is bigger than the creator itself. (After all, there is a bigger Creator!) So what does Mary have to do with it?
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Sustenance for The Holidays
A quick list of things to bring you inspiration and warmth as the holiday season begins.
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Amy Grant’s New Christmas CD “Tennessee Christmas” – A Review
From the first notes of Amy Grant’s new Christmas music CD, Tennessee Christmas, it feels so cozy.
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Take My Place, Please!
I tried to sit with the space, and not rush into the next thing, to try and see where life was leading me. I discovered I could downshift for a while.
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High School Stole My Son
Passages like these are bittersweet for moms—happy he’s doing well, sad that he’s doing it without you.
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In a Fall Funk
For today, close the door and grab some tissues. Let the sadness go, and you’ll feel lighter. Things will get easier. You’ll find beauty in this ending time of year.
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