The woman lost everything. Twelve years of misery, searching for solutions and depleting her resources. Twelve years of blood and shunning, bearing the shame of hearing “unclean.” She lost everything, including hope. Her suffering seemed
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I hate being late for an appointment. I plan my time and rehearse my route. After that, I set a phone reminder, but sometimes I’m late. However, there’s someone who is never late for an
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The ANGEL TRUMPET If you wander through my garden, you will encounter my prized plant, Brugmansia or the Angel Trumpet. This showy shrub is a beauty. The long horn-shaped flowers hang gracefully from each branch.
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FIGHT for PEACE 1 For everything there is a season and a time for every activity under heaven: 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time
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Wrestling Alligators Writing is not for the timid. Each time I emerge from a writing session, exhausted, my husband asks, “Isn’t writing something you enjoy?” My consistent answer, “Yes, but it feels like I just
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IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL “Most people lose it on Heartbreak Hill.” My youngest daughter runs. She runs distance and marathons. She is a fast little thing yet strong like steel. Like steel, she
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Do you remember Spring Cleaning Days? I grew up with Pittsburgh Germans. Spring cleaning was part of the yearly rhythm. We both loved and dreaded those days, emptying closets dusty with cobwebs, pitching the broken
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Snow. I grew up in Pittsburgh. Snow is in our DNA. I remember walking to elementary school with snow up to my hips, then sitting on the heated floor in the “cloak room” to dry
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