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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Visit to the Vet
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, …
Read More »Homesick Hearts
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 …
Read More »Christmas Tractor Ride
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 …
Read More »A Second Chance
For four-and-a-half years I struggled spiritually and emotionally. Everything seemed to be slowly falling apart. Then last August my body quickly shut down unexpectedly. I …
Read More »The Party
Not so long ago I planned a huge, weeklong party at my parents’ house. I had everything a good party needs: parents out of town, …
Read More »Help When I Needed It
My mother has always been a rock in my life. She taught me almost everything I knew. From learning proper manners to cooking enough meals …
Read More »My Plan or His Plan
After completing my freshman year of college, I decided to do something entirely out of character. I had a plan to spend a year abroad …
Read More »A Not So Typical Night
It wasn’t what I’d call a typical night. My stepdad was out of town for a work trip. Now it was just my mom, my …
Read More »An Unlikely Angel
Our friends, Jo Ann and Norman from Indiana, and my husband and I, had just completed three months of volunteer work with ROAM (RVers on …
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