We just finished prayer at the end of morning worship at my small Christian elementary school when our principal appeared at the door of our …
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A Killer Salad
It was a typical Friday morning at the coffee shop. The beaming yellow sun rose, making its way into the sky from the deep charcoal-gray …
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Not too long ago, I went to the grocery store and purchased five small bags of groceries. As I reached for my wallet, the amount …
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I sat across the restaurant table from my husband on Valentine’s Day thinking about how much life we’ve lived together. It was one thing to …
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During the time my father and I rented a townhouse together, I was playing in a band called “Restoration” with Harley Wong, Perry Melynchencko, and …
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When most of us think of The White House in Washington D.C., we often think of their affairs as separate from ours. It is rare …
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During my study abroad year in Spain, six of my friends and I planned a weekend trip to Paris. Before the sun rose on a …
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It was the time our family lived in my grandmother’s house. The snow that fell days before was finally starting to melt. My sister, Bella, …
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I’ve never liked the idea of growing up. In fact, adulthood fell to the very bottom of my To Do list. But I knew the …
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The 1957 D-17 Allis-Chalmers tractor, faded by the sun and long unserviceable from languishing for years in the old machine shed, has recently been brought …
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