Fairytales have ruined me. Ever since I can remember, I’ve been on a steady media diet of Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After. …
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Raising Girls
Nearly everyone agrees with Maurice Chevalier as he begins to sing, “Thank heaven for little girls…” But it’s the next few lines of the song …
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Have we lost our kindness? Have we lost our ability to see the good in other people? Why do we so quickly forget that we …
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It was a crisp, clear sunny afternoon in Walla Walla, Washington. My family was enjoying being around our house one summer afternoon after church while …
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Rachel called the other day, saying something that I couldn’t quite understand. Rachel is an Indian friend, and sometimes I have difficulty understanding her accent …
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When I first announced that I would be moving to Atlanta, many people responded in one of two ways. Half of my friends and family …
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Last weekend, we were sharing a meal with a group of friends, and we began to tell flights-gone-wrong stories. My husband related several in which …
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Dear God: I watched the birth of my daughter today. At three minutes after one, her tiny head emerged . . . and then I …
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Dear Nancy: I am a single mother with four children, all boys, ages 14, 12, eight, and six. I need counsel on how to raise them …
Read More »Average American Diet
I thought my family was eating fairly healthfully until I came across some statistics on what the average American eats each year.1 Just considering the fact …
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