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“Focus on your writing and you’ll find joy” This morning I got an email announcing the three finalists for a…
If you follow me on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, you probably think I am perpetually busy, productive, energetic, and happy.…
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So this happened. On Sunday morning I was sitting with my 16-year-old Goddaughter Sophie at St. John Orthodox Church and…
Grieving Infertility During Lent of 2018, I wrote a series of six blog posts about a book called Time and…
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